BI nabs 2 Filipino women bound for Saudi Arabia posing as Mecca pilgrims

The Bureau of Immigration has blocked two Filipino female household workers bound for Saudi Arabia by pretending to be going on a pilgrimage to Mecca. | JEMendozaINQ

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration has blocked two Filipino female household workers bound for Saudi Arabia by pretending to be going on a pilgrimage to Mecca.The women, aged 36 and 37, were intercepted by the bureau’s Travel Control and Enforcement Unit when they attempted to depart on a Cebu Pacific flight to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 last Friday, April 14, the BI chief Norman Tansingco said in a statement on Monday.

The two women claimed they had recently converted to Islam and said they were traveling by bus to to Mecca.

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