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

Filipino surrogate mothers convicted of human trafficking in Cambodia returned to Manila on Sunday, three days after they were pardoned by King Sihamoni. The Department

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.

The 13 Filipina surrogates who were pardoned and returned to the Philippines from Cambodia will remain at temporary shelters provided by the Department of Social Welfare

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

"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 foreign ministry 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.