(Eagle News) — Senator Joel Villanueva has slammed what he said was the inaction of government agencies that enabled the influx of illegal foreign workers in the country.
Villanueva noted that Filipinos were “losing opportunities” as the illegal foreign workers, many of them Chinese, “steal their jobs.”
The senator noted that based on data provided by the Department of Labor and Employment, 115,652 Alien Employment Permits were issued by the agency to foreign nationals from 2015 to 2017.
He said almost half of these, or 51980 AEPs, were issued to Chinese nationals.
“Nakaka-alarma po dahil nasa 24,000 out of the 52,000 AEPs ay na-issue for just one year, noong 2017. Gusto po nating klaruhin ‘yan kung bakit may immigration surge o may sudden influx ng Chinese nationals dito sa atin,” Villanueva said, noting that adult joblessness in the country had increased to 22%, with 9.8 million unemployed Filipino adults in September this year.
“Diinan ko lang po – sobra-sobrang pang-aabuso na ang dinaranas natin sa pagtatrabaho sa ibang bansa, hindi po lingid sa kaalaman natin iyan, pati ba naman sa sarili nating bansa papayag pa rin tayong apihin ng mga dayuhan?” he added.
