Chaos at NAIA Terminal 2

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15 hours ago, Mike J said:

 

Before we start blaming the USA, accusing the government of treating their citizens like sheep, or accusing the government of nonsense buffoonery.  Let's take a look at why the Philippine government feels this kind of "nonsense" is required.  The text pasted is just a small portion of the article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking_in_the_Philippines

<snip>Trafficking Of Filipinas to overseas destinations
There are 150,000 Filipina women that are trafficked into prostitution in Japan as reported in the July 2, 1998 issue of the Daily Star. Some of them were sold allegedly to the Yakuza for $2,400.00 to $18,000.00. A news item that appeared in the May 31, 1995 of the Manila Chronicle reports that 150 Filipinas were sold into prostitution for $5,000.00 each by international syndicates to night club operators in some African countries, particularly Nigeria.[68][unreliable source?] A trafficker earns $3,000-$5,000 for each woman or girl sold in the international sex trade.[69] 150,000 Filipina women have been trafficked into prostitution in Japan.[13]

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Ok lets transpose the word " blame "  to the  USA and replace it by " incentivised " It still comes down to the fact that many innocent travellers who have gone through the numerous hoops required to get a Philippines passport, are denied being allowed to leave their own country because of a government policy whereby stopping innocent travellers ( plus some who are being genuinely trafficked ) is provided with a monetary reward by USAID for said practice.

Lets also consider the strange but true practice of "self tafficking" whereby a geneuine Filipino/Filipina who may want to visit HK or BKK or Singapore is denied boarding despite having ticket/ passport/hotel or accommodation booked because a guy behind a desk says she might be trafficking herself.  And the reason for this... ah yes  USAID money.

Yes there are and have been dreadful traffickings in the past but before you go all woke here,  theatricles you quoted are from the last century. Things have changed a lot, including the ability to stop forged passports forged visas and many attempts to eliminate the Customs and Immigration guys who allow access to airport areas for a fee. Thats how a lot of trafficking occurred.

Meanwhile, as recently as yesterday, two ladies both over 30, both professionals  of my acquaintance were denied boarding on a Cebu Pacific flight to HK yesterday morning. Reason.. not given..the Immigration guy just let the clock run down till he advised Sorry , doors closed now. here were apparently another 12 people denied boarding on same flight.

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On 12/15/2019 at 9:03 AM, Mike J said:

Can you post your source(s) for your statement and conclusion that "and the reason for this is the USA"? 

https://ph.usembassy.gov/usaid-awards-grants-combat-human-trafficking-support-biodiversity/

 

Theres a whole lot more articles that I havent shared but basically the donations from USAID are to prevent trafficking... offloading innocent travellers allows the Philippines to state to USAID how many they have stopped from being trafficked each year. The original article as the source was in Daily Inquirer a few years back.

 

If there was no aid or money offered, Philippines may not be offloading as many as it does.

An 18 year old Thai/Cambodian/Indonesian/Malaysian/Laotian is free to travel internationally on first international trip with a new passport but Filipino/Filipina isnt. Strange huh.