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US keeps RP on list of human trafficking

July 10, 2008

WASHINGTON D.C. = The US State Department has retained the Philippines in its Tier 2 list of countries that do not comply with international anti-human trafficking laws. In its 2008 Trafficking in Persons report, the State Department said the Philippines continues to be “a source, transit and destination country for men, women and children trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor.” A significant number of Filipino men and women who migrate abroad for work are subjected to conditions of involuntary servitude in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, South Africa, North America and Europe.
“Women and children are also trafficked within the Philippines,
primarily from rural areas, such as the Visayas and Mindanao, to urban areas for forced labor as domestic workers and factory workers, and in the drug trade, and for sexual exploitation,” the report noted. Tier 2 list category means that governments do not fully comply with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000?s minimum standards but are making significant efforts to do so.
Other countries placed on Tier 2 list are Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
Chile, East Timor, Mongolia and Vietnam. Although the State Department praised the government for its “exemplary efforts to prevent trafficking of migrant workers and to protect those who were exploited abroad,” it noted that the country has failed to prosecute and convict violators.

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