European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday. January 13, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 illegal aliens hiring of help in Europe risky americans told by Wendy Bourland suit writer hiring a Nanny or Majd in Europe is fraught with Legal danger and american or civil ians should sect Legal advice before making a commit ment. Usa eur International Law division official said. . Personnel must consider Host country labor taws when hiring a maid or an an pair live in Nanny id maj. Ronald Riggs and Cap. Margaret Steinbeck. Anybody contemplating this should Consul a Legal officer Steinbeck said hiring in a foreign country it fraught with Legal danger. Many people would t understand the in Germany the employer must pay Tor employee insurance. An employee hired by a member of the . Forces in Germany must among other things have employment and residence permits and pay income ties. A work permit is a must in go Many for employees not belonging la common Market countries. That s Why they re German officials interested in aliens from underdeveloped countries said Hans Rowoldt an attorney in the Usa eur inter National Law division. He Wold said German labor official decide whether to Grant a visa to someone who want to work in Ger Many depending on whether there Are enough people already in he country to provide Fie specific Job skill. The German authorities Are getting very Lough be cause of High taxes social costs once you employ he said. Some people try to gel around s a labor Black Market. Before Germany did t look so Clow at what the . Forces were doing. Now they re conscious of what s going promises turn into nightmares for some filipinos by de Reavis suit writer filipinos who ice the poverty of their Homeland in search of a belter lift in the american military Community in Europe often step Oltie plane in Germany to find themselves trapped in a life of hard work Lowray and fear. The first girl i met let s rail her Edith said she was recruited in the Philippines for work in Ger Many said Jacqueline Broning a former . Soldier who lives in Kana. She and three other girls were picked up at the Airport by a filipino woman who immediately confiscated All heir Money said Bruning who has helped several filipinos who were not being paid by their american employer. They were taken id an Ameri can s House someplace near Frankfurt where they remained for 14 Days. At thai Point the american came in and said of i be get nothing for these girls dump them Oft Down town. And that s what happened. Edith had an address of an american sergeant in Frankfurt and through him found satisfactory work until the family went Back to the Stales and she was passed on to the family in the Odyssey of the Young filipinos which often ends with Ger Nav immigration police searching through american military quarters begin with people looking for an Edge in a poverty Lorn country Susanne Lipka spokeswoman for the privately funded Alliance against International sexual and racial exploitation in Frankfurt said the women come to Germany fed with false promises about working for the americans or marrying an american or a German i lived for half a year in the Philippines and saw la situation in Manila and Oton Gapo the town nearest the american base at Subic Bay and know the Hopes these women have of sinking it Rich an marrying an american she said Germany or Europe in general is just a Jio Pover in that dream. Unfortunately it s usually the last Imp before they re sent Back Home her organization has heard of women being locked in cellars Tor Days with scam rations until they agree to work in bordello. Some Are so in debt by the Lime they arrive in Germany that they arc willing to accept just about any kind of work. In the Philippines they comb the villages looking for families with Large she said they choose the prettiest girl child give the father Money and Promise to find honorable work for the child in Ger Many 1 saw ads such As warned attractive Young ladies to go abroad As Folk dancers they arrive and arc forced to work in striptease Esch bom police chief Roland nok agreed that unscrupulous agents in the Philippines Lake advantage of the poverty o lure Young women to Germany. The agents Promise women jobs with americans As maids or cleaning personnel. Their contracts stale they Are to receive $250 a month plus food and lodging. They arc not insured in any Way Noll Taid. The of Fiji who do no nod jobs with the Ameri Cana Are sold to bordello but not the Legal slate con trolled ones he said. Noll said the agents in the philippine charge the women $3,000 at a Contact address in Germany if the woman is under 21, the cannot legally obtain a philippine passport but the agent will provide a false one for $2,000. She then must have a round trip ticket to Ger Many otherwise philippine authorities won t allow her to leave the country Noll said. Bui the women Don t always end up with an Ameri can family. When she arrives Here the agent that greets her on thu Side is usually a philippine woman married to a German or american. This agent then charges another 13,000 for the american address where she will work Noll talk. The agent usually takes the woman return ticket to the philippine and cashes it in. Of course this Young woman cannot afford All these feel and the plane ticket so the agent lends her the Money and has her sign Over t great percentage of he monthly Noll Laid More and a Ort filipino women arc com ing on their own with intentions of working in the american homing areas. But these women Are easy prey for agents Many of whom Are looking Tor prostitutes. The majority of them Are being picked up at the Airport Here by agents who Cali spot these women a mile away. We be a woman Here in Eschborn who has been involved in his Trade in humans for the last nine years he said. And the number of filipino and thai women com ing into the country to work illegally is on the Rise said argon Biallas. Chief of the Border police Al Frankfurt International Airport. They come in seven Days a week on All the airlines. Some come in from Cairo Hungary or by Way of Easterlin where they just take the subway into the West. It s just about impossible to Bialt Assaid. Ballu displayed a false passport found concealed Ina filipino s baggage. The passport had an open Date that could be filled in to confuse Border authorities bout the exact Dale the person entered the country. By Alai said police last year tracked Down an illegal alien Halfway House in Frankfurt. Ii was a Small two room place where 29 filipino women were kept for a week before being Send to their places of but by Lens said tracking the illegals sometimes be came frustrating when the american military granted them identification cards to work on Hue. We can t do anything about hat Sis our jurisdiction ends Al the Gale of the military Post Biallas said. Joachim Seidl of the Frankfurt resident alien of fice confirmed Biallas claim that some aliens find employment with the american military. However Usa eur officials said tuesday i cards Are not issued to illegal despite the risk of being caught and the hardship of life underground filipinos often fight a forced return to their Homeland. In Heidelberg five filipinos were caught in de Cember. One jumped out a second Story window trying to escape and broke her Jurgen Erst fold of the Darmstadt police said. A Heidelberg police spokesman who was in on the raid said it s the tame old Story of desp Cranely poo women trying to make a living. The problem Haj just begun for us
