PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte yesterday ordered Labor and Social Welfare officials to combat illegal recruitment of Filipinos to other countries.

“I order you to come up with a structure, a bigger one, to go after [illegal recruiters],” he said in a speech.

Last year, Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III signed an order that set up a task force against llegal recruitment especially of minors, and human trafficking.

Mr. Duterte is also pushing the creation of a Department of Overseas Filipinos that will better address issues affecting overseas workers. — Gillian M. Cortez

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