Bangkok-bound Filipino tourists closely watched By Conrado Ching 09/12/2011

Bangkok-bound Filipino tourists closely watched

By Conrado Ching 09/12/2011
Immigration officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) were ordered to tightly screen Filipino tourists leaving for Bangkok following reports that the Thai capital is being used as a transit point for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) bound for countries where there still exists a deployment ban for migrant workers.

Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. issued the order to Bureau of Immigration (BI) Airport Operations Division acting chief Lina Andaman Pelia after learning that many travelers off-loaded at the NAIA in recent months were bound for Bangkok and were profiled to be “tourist workers.”

“Tourist workers” refer to undocumented OFWs who attempt to leave the country in the guise of being tourists..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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