Illegal departures expose gaps in border security
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Illegal departures expose gaps in border security
THE recent repatriation of 11 Filipinos who left the country through illegal routes to seek work abroad exposed gaps in border security infrastructure, prompting the Bureau of Immigration to warn job seekers not to leave through the country’s back door. The case of the Filipinos and the arrest of 10 foreigners for various offenses have renewed calls to overhaul the Philippines’ aging border security system, with lawmakers warning that the 85-yea…
The Philippines’ lack of modern border security has been blamed for the incidents of illegal departures of Filipinos and the arrest of foreigners who violated immigration laws. In a statement at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said that as of June 16, eleven Filipinos were returned to the country from Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia after using illegal “backdoor” routes to work abroad. According to the BI, s…
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