More than 5,000 foreigners stopped from entering country last year

January 17, 2018

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) barred from entering the country last year more than 5,000 foreign nationals.

In a report to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, BI port operations division chief Marc Red Mariñas said Wednesday a total of 5,146 aliens of varying nationalities were denied entry in the different airports nationwide.

Mariñas said most of the foreigners were turned away at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) wherein a total of 4,511 aliens were excluded.

He added 334 and 112 aliens were also denied entry at the airports in Mactan, Cebu and Kalibo, Aklan, respectively, while 11 were intercepted at Clark, Pampanga.

Statistics showed that 2,168 Chinese nationals topped the list of excluded aliens, followed by 295 Indians, 190 Amercians, 183 Koreans, and 120 Vietnamese.

Morente said among the excluded aliens were registered sex offenders, wanted fugitives, suspected international terrorists, blacklisted foreigners, and previously deported aliens who tried to re-enter the country. DMS