European job ads on Facebook? Beware, they might be scams
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 8 Sep 2024
Standort: Philippinen
Unternehmen
Meta (formerly Facebook) - Other Value Chain EntityBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Philippinen - Sector unknown , Women , Documented migrants ) , Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Philippinen - Sector unknown , Men , Documented migrants )Themen
Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Contract Substitution , Informationszugang , Menschenhandel , Sexuelle BelästigungAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von The Resource Centre
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: In October 2024, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Meta to respond to the article, and to outline how it monitors and removes content illegally advertising jobs to migrant workers in the Philippines, including job scams that lead to human trafficking. Meta’s response can be read in full on tour website.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
The Office of the Police Attaché (OPA) and the Philippine Embassy in Thailand warned Filipinos to avoid becoming victims of illegal job recruitment schemes, especially those advertised on social media platforms like Facebook. Police Colonel Dominador Matalang and the Assistance to Nationals (ATN) section of the Philippine Embassy assisted three Filipino nationals who were denied boarding at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on September 1, due to fake visas and other fraudulent work documents.
The recruitment process and the backdoor routes are similar to the Myanmar scam…
Olivia, a former OFW looking for a job in Europe, met a certain “Lelian Liban Linsag,” the contact person of Facebook page Job for You International (JFYI). This page claims to help job seekers find positions as warehouse personnel, factory workers, farm workers, and construction workers across Europe. It claimed to have an office in Dubai. Linsag asked for P150,000 processing fees to work in either Poland or the Czech Republic…
According to the data of OPA and the Philippine Embassy, since January 2024, there are 81 human trafficking victims (HTVs) from Myanmar, and 150 HTVs from Laos have received assistance and been repatriated to the Philippines…