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Immigration authorities intercept UAE-bound Filipinos posing as tourists

A number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) whose final destination was the UAE were intercepted by the agents of the Bureau of Immigration at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). 

Immigration port operations division chief Grifton Medina said Monday that 16 Filipinos were stopped from leaving the country last Aug. 7, all of whom were trying to fly out of the country as tourists, as per a report from the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

With a thorough investigation, the BI found out that they were illegally recruited workers. 

The 16 individuals were intercepted in two batches. The first batch of 12 Filipinos were bound for Taipei while the other group were bound for Hongkong.

NAIA authorities said that the first batch of OFWs admitted that their final destination was the United Arab Emirates.

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2 Comments

  1. bakit need mag-illegal departure some ofw’s.. .? mabilis lang naman kumuha ng cert sa poea, may pdos pa na magtuturo sa inyo abt sa pupuntahan na lugar, saka nado-double check pa ng poea kung hindi kayo dehado sa work contract ninyo. Dati isip ko parang hassle ang poea pero hindi pala. malaking tulong sila para sa mga ofw. Sana parehas ang observations and opinion natin.

  2. kaya pag dating dito sa UAE kahit kakaramput ang sahod tatanggapin para maka survive lang yung iba inaabuso pa tapos tatakbo sa consulate hihingi ng tulong gusto ng umuwi akala kasi paraiso dito.

    halos karamihan napinapasukan waiter sa mga pilipino restaurant sabay gagamitin lang ang 3 months visa nila hindi pasasahurin hindi naman makapagreklamo kasi pag nagreklamo sila pa ang makukulong kasi walang papel.

    advise lang mga kabayan na nagtatangkang pumunta ng UAE dumaan kayo sa legal na proseso para walang abiriya pagdating dito hindi po masarap ang buhay dito wag kayong papadala sa mga sinasabi ng mga recruiter na yan dahil bandang huli kayo din ang mahihirapan.

    para sa inyong kaalaman po hindi purkit pilipino pagkakatiwalaan mo karamihan sa mga kabayan natin dito sa UAE sila pa ang magpapahamak sayo.

    PS: hindi ko po nilalahat

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