Senators Raffy Tulfo and Imee Marcos were among the representatives of the Philippines at the 151st Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly last Sunday at the Geneva International Conference Center.
Tulfo first participated in the Asean+3 meeting, which aimed to strengthen relations and cooperation among Southeast Asian countries. This was followed by the Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Geopolitical Group, where legislators discussed pressing global concerns such as cybercrime, the spread of fake news, online bullying and human trafficking.
The senator called on Cambodian authorities to immediately tighten border security, noting that human traffickers often use routes from the Philippines to Cambodia to exploit Filipino workers in scam hubs.
He also urged Cambodian authorities to identify and arrest the masterminds and criminal syndicates behind the rising number of Filipino victims of human trafficking in Cambodia.
‘We call on the Cambodian authorities to strengthen their borders… these traffickers, they use these routes of going to Cambodia from the Philippines, trafficking these Filipino workers, and this should be addressed immediately,’ Tulfo said. ‘This is becoming a serious issue and they should be vigilant and make sure to identify these traffickers.’