The Thirteen Filipino women convicted of violating Cambodia’s surrogacy ban are finally back in the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) disclosed on Sunday. In a statement, the DFA said the return of the 13 Filipino surrogate mothers was made possible in close coordination with the Philippine Embassy in Phnom Penh and the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT).

"Upon the request of the Philippine Embassy and with the endorsement of the Royal Government of Cambodia, the Royal Decree pardoning all 13 Filipinos paved the way for their release and immediate repatriation,

The women ‘and three of their babies’ were sent home to Manila early Sunday and taken to a government shelter for trafficking victims, the social welfare department said in a statement

MANILA: Cambodia has pardoned and sent home 13 Philippine women who were jailed over a scheme to become surrogate mothers, an outlawed practice, the Philippine government said on Sunday (Dec 29). They

Thirteen Filipino women convicted for violating Cambodia’s surrogacy ban have returned to the Philippines after receiving a royal pardon.

The Philippines' Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said that 13 Filipino surrogates convicted by a Cambodian court on Dec 2, 2024 for violating Cambodia's law on the Suppression of Human Trafficking,

The Philippine Embassy in Phnom Penh repatriated 13 Filipino surrogates convicted by a Cambodian court for human trafficking after they were pardoned by King Norodom Sihamoni. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),

The 13 Filipino surrogates convicted for human trafficking in Cambodia were granted royal pardon and arrived in Manila on Sunday, Dec. 29, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.