MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) today ordered immigration officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport to tightly screen Filipino tourists bound for Bahrain following reports that many of them end up as undocumented workers.
In a press statement, immigration commissioner Ricardo David Jr. said the Philippine Embassy in Bahrain alerted them about the practice of many overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). of traveling to Bahrain on a visitor’s visa but later converting them to work visas once they find employers.
David ordered airport immigration officials to conduct meticulous pre-departure inspections of Filipinos leaving for Bahrain.
Immigration statistics show that since August 2010, the bureau has off-loaded more than 54,000 departing Filipinos suspected of being “tourist workers” or OFWs disguised as tourists.
The government had earlier banned the deployment of OFWs to Bahrain following increased political tension in the kingdom.
But the ban was recently lifted after the political situation returned to normal. –abs-cbnNEWS.com
January – ZERO WASTE MONTH
“Stop wasting our money.
Stop corruption!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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January
24 Jan – International Day of Education
26 Jan – International Day of Clean Energy
Monthly Observances:
National Microinsurance Month
Zero Waste Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: National Time Consciousness Week
Week 3: National Mental Health Week
Last Week: Children’s Week
Daily Observances:
January 6: Community Development Day
Third Sunday: Children’s Day
Day of Sanctity and Protection of Human Life
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