Senator Raffy Tulfo attended the 151st Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly at the Geneva International Conference Center in Switzerland as one of the representatives of the Philippines.
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.
During his manifestation, Tulfo called on the 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.
The lawmaker 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.”
“We call on the Cambodian authorities to strengthen their borders… these traffickers, they use these route of going to Cambodia from the Philippines trafficking these Filipino workers and this should be addressed immediately,” the senator said.
“This is becoming a serious issue and they should be vigilant and make sure to identify these traffickers,” he stressed.
