Between the months of January and October 2021, over 1,800 cases of illegal recruitment of overseas Filipino workers had been reported in the Philippines. This was higher than the illegal recruitment cases recorded in the previous year.
Total number of illegal recruitment cases of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) from 2019 to 2021
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Total number of illegal recruitment cases of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) from 2019 to 2021
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Philippine Daily Inquirer. (August 31, 2021). Total number of illegal recruitment cases of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) from 2019 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 01, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271359/philippines-illegal-recruitment-cases-of-ofws/
Philippine Daily Inquirer. "Total number of illegal recruitment cases of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) from 2019 to 2021." Chart. August 31, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 01, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271359/philippines-illegal-recruitment-cases-of-ofws/
Philippine Daily Inquirer. (2021). Total number of illegal recruitment cases of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) from 2019 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 01, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271359/philippines-illegal-recruitment-cases-of-ofws/
Philippine Daily Inquirer. "Total Number of Illegal Recruitment Cases of Overseas Filipino Workers (Ofw) from 2019 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271359/philippines-illegal-recruitment-cases-of-ofws/
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Total number of illegal recruitment cases of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) from 2019 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271359/philippines-illegal-recruitment-cases-of-ofws/ (last visited April 01, 2025)
Total number of illegal recruitment cases of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) from 2019 to 2021 [Graph], Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 31, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271359/philippines-illegal-recruitment-cases-of-ofws/
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