A slew of online complaints had been thrown against the Bureau of Immigration over the past few months, but the agency came to its own defense when it addressed the controversies allegedly involving its personnel. READ:
The BI chief also took note of a post made by another Filipina traveler, claiming that she was banned from leaving the country because of her active United Arab Emirates visa.
Tansingco said that when the BI had checked her travel records, they found history of her purportedly departing as a tourist only to work in the Arab region despite the absence of the required documentation.Tansingco further argued that there is “reason to suspect that she might be recruiting Filipinos to Abu Dhabi.”
“This is an investigation we will be pursuing, having found posts of her recruiting for work abroad. We are looking into referring the matter to other government agencies that might look into the alleged recruitment scheme,” he said.BI then addressed the recent issue about a Filipino seafarer bound for France, who was allegedly asked by an immigration personnel to pay P150,000 in exchange for assistance.
“While the act was not consummated, the BI said that they are investigating the incident and are waiting for the formal complaint from the seafarer,” it said.According to Tansingco, only around 0.6 percent of departing passengers are waylaid “mainly because of a mismatch of their documents and their purpose of travel, or they have been found to have indications of being victims of human trafficking or illegal recruitment.
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