ABS-CBN News Online, 25 Aug 2008
Budget airfares are making it easier and cheaper for illegal recruiters and syndicates to continue the trafficking of Filipinos to Singapore, a sectoral representative has said.
Alliance for Rural Concerns party-list Rep. Narciso Santiago cited the introduction of budget airfares as the "aggravating factor" in the increasing number of trafficked Filipinos to the city state.
Santiago quoted a report by Philippine Ambassador to Singapore Belen Anota saying there were 212 cases of human trafficking in 2007. These cases represented a 70 percent increase from the 125 reported the year before.
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