MORE than 850 passengers at the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) in Pampanga were barred from leaving the country on suspicion of being “tourist workers,” the Bureau of Immigration said on Saturday.
According to a report received by Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan, 864 passengers were offloaded for lacking required clearances from the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA).
Immigration Regional Director Romeo Dime said the offloaded passengers had failed to secure the POEA clearances although their purpose for leaving was to work abroad.
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