The immigration officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have been ordered to tightly screen Filipinos bound for Bangkok, Thailand, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said in a statement Sunday.
The stricter screening was ordered following reports that Bangkok is being used as a transit point for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) going to countries with existing deployment bans.
Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. issued the order to 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” are undocumented OFWs who attempt to leave the country as tourists.
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