MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) late on Friday announced the return of 29 Human Trafficking Victims (HTVs) from Cambodia.
In a statement on the DMW’s website, the Filipinos returned to the country via Philippine Airlines Flight PR 2622 from Phnom Penh and landed at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 on the same day.
A “salubong team,” led by DMW Assistant Secretaries Maria Regina Angela Galias and Jerome Alcantara, along with representatives from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), the Bureau of Immigration, and the Task Force Against Trafficking (TFAT), welcomed the returning Filipinos and facilitated the processing of their documents.
The OWWA also provided some accommodation and transportation assistance for their return to their respective provinces.