00:00 The Department of Migrant Workers says there are increasing reports of recruitment agencies
00:04 engaging in illegal recruitment by making workers apply for student visas.
00:09 "Of course, we were mindful of the situation of the students.
00:14 In fairness, some or most of them are honest to goodness student visa applications.
00:21 But there are some who are lured in a very wrong way, saying, 'I'm graduating here,
00:30 but I'm going to work, that's why the track is student, but I have to pay.'"
00:35 CACDAQ says the number one indicator of the modus is if one approaches an agency looking
00:40 for work but is given a student visa arrangement.
00:43 In July, a group of Filipinos who fell victim to the alleged illegal recruitment scheme
00:47 filed a case with the DMW and the National Bureau of Investigation against the chief
00:52 executive officer of a company that reportedly asked applicants for more than P100,000 in
00:57 placement fees.
00:58 (upbeat music)
