Some of the 13 surrogate mothers repatriated from Cambodia have been reunited with their respective families "in time for the New Year," the DSWD said.

Cambodia wants either mothers or Philippine govt to take responsibility for the babies. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Pardoned by Cambodia’s king, the women were caught up in a racket that put the spotlight back on human trafficking. Three children already born will be given up for adoption in the Philippines i

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.

Cambodia has pardoned and sent home 13 Filipino women who were jailed over surrogacy scheme for foreigners, according to local authorities.

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

The babies of 13 Philippine women pardoned and sent home by Cambodia after being convicted and jailed over an outlawed surrogate motherhood scheme may be put up for adoption, the government said on Dec. 30.

“All 13 [women] departed Phnom Penh and arrived safely in Manila following the grant of royal pardon by His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni,” the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said in a separate statement.

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

CAMBODIA has pardoned and sent home 13 Filipino women who were jailed over a scheme to become surrogate mothers, an outlawed practice in that country, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Sunday.