POEA streamlines OFW documentation

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Posted at 07/08/2013 1:58 PM | Updated as of 07/08/2013 1:58 PM
MANILA – The Philippine Overseas and Employment Administration (POEA) and the Bureau of Immigration recently signed an agreement that will streamline government process to complement efforts in the prevention illegal recruitment and human trafficking.
"The agreement shows our efforts to strengthen coordination and linkage among concerned government agencies. It also reflects our convergent action to ensure the protection of our OFWs against unscrupulous individuals engaged in illegal and predatory activities, including fixers, scammers, and traffickers," said Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz.
 
Under the memorandum of agreement, the two agencies will develop a shared database and real-time information system for Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). The system will be implemented in August. 
 
It shall cover the databases of:
 
Documented OFWs
Foreign employers included in the POEA watchlist
OFWs included in the POEA watchlist and 
Departing and arriving OFWs
 
"Aside from protecting our OFWs, we want to provide them a hassle-free, yet systematic, deployment process. Hindi na natin pahihirapan ang mga OFWs sa multi-layered na proseso ng gobyerno noon. Isang pila na lang tayo ngayon. This is in consonance with the directive of President Benigno S. Aquino III to improve government systems and processes and making them more accessible and cost-effective," Baldoz added.
 
The POEA shall provide and extend legal assistance to victims of illegal recruitment and trafficking in persons referred by the BI; provide technical assistance and necessary certifications to cases handled by BI; and provide assistance to immigration officers in answering queries on OFWs' travel exit documents.
 
The BI, for its part, shall strictly implement the validation of travel exit documents; endorse suspected illegal recruitment cases to POEA for investigation; intensify intelligence efforts in checking legitimate departing OFWs and/or those tourists profiled as workers; and enforce watchlist orders and/or hold departure orders against illegal recruiters and human traffickers.
 
"While we are continuously stamping out illegal and predatory activities towards workers' protection, we are also devising workable strategies to streamline government processes, thus vying away from the usual multi-layered procedures," Baldoz said. 
 
"Hangad namin na ang bagong sistemang ito ay magbigay ng malaking ginhawa sa ating mga OFWs," she ended.

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