20 Filipina surrogate mothers brought to Cambodia rescued


Department of Foreign Affairs building in Manila. - Photo: The Official Facebook Account of the DFA

MANILA: The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday (Oct 9) confirmed the rescue of 20 Filipino women who were reportedly brought by a Philippine agency to become surrogate mothers in Cambodia.

In a Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon interview, DFA Undersecretary for Migration Eduardo Jose de Vega said 13 are already in various stages of pregnancy and are currently sheltered in a local hospital.

The seven are set to be repatriated.

De Vega assured that the Filipinas are visited and given assistance, including support for their personal and pre-natal needs.

He added the Philippine government is in coordination with relevant agencies to combat future surrogacy cases or human trafficking cases involving Filipinos.

The Khmer Times on Oct 8 reported that “a Philippine agency has been found to be bringing Filipinas into (Cambodia) to be artificially impregnated to provide babies for an infant-trafficking syndicate”.

In a separate statement, the Philippine Embassy in Cambodia confirmed that 20 were rescued by the Cambodian National Police (CNP) in Kandal Province last Sept 23 and that it was made in line with the country’s Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation. - Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN

   

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