by Edu Punay (The Philippine Star) – June 3, 2019
MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) recently intercepted two Filipinas at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport who were using passports with falsified birthdates.
The two, believed to be victims of human trafficking syndicates, were about to board a flight to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia last May 29 to work as household service workers when they were flagged for secondary inspection by BI officers.
BI port operations chief Grifton Medina said the two female passengers presented valid passports, visas, employment contracts and overseas employment certificates, but the bureau’s frontline officers doubted the ages of the passengers due to inconsistencies in their answers and their demeanor.
“It later was later found that one of them is a minor, as she is only 15 years old while her companion is only 20 years old,” he said, stressing that only those who are 23 years old and above are qualified for deployment for domestic work in the Middle East.
Medina said the passengers’ passports and other documents, although valid, were fraudulently acquired as they contained falsified dates of birth.”
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Monthly Observances:
1 Jun – World Day of Parents
5 Jun – World Environment Day
7 Jun – World Food Safety Day
8 Jun – World Oceans Day
12 Jun – World Day Against Child Labour
15 Jun – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16 Jun – International Day of Family Remittances
17 Jun – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 Jun – World Refugee Day
25 Jun – Day of the Seafarer
27 Jun – Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
Daily Observances:
June 6: Migrant Workers Day
June 19: Filipino Youth Day
June 25: Day of the Filipino Seafarer
