2019년 1월부터 6월까지 입국거부된 외국인 2,300명(10)

PRESS RELEASE
Date: 29 July 2019 (Mon)

2,300 aliens denied entry in 1st half of 2019

MANILA, Philippines—The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said it barred from entering the country more than 2,300 foreign nationals during the first six months of the year as a result of the agency’s intensified efforts to thwart the entry of aliens whose presence here are deemed inimical to public welfare and safety.

In a report to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, BI port operations division chief Grifton Medina said a total of 2,351 aliens of various nationalities were denied entry in the different ports

He disclosed that 1,920 of the aliens were turned away at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport while the rest were stopped at the airports in Mactan, Clark, Kalibo, Aklan and Davao.

“They were turned back after undergoing primary and secondary inspection by our immigration officers and were declared unfit for admission into our country for a variety of reasons. They were issued exclusion orders and booked on the first available flight to their ports of origin,” Medina said.

Morente commended BI port personnel for their accomplishments even as he stressed the sovereign right of every country like the Philippines to deny entry to aliens deemed as undesirable and inadmissible.

He again exhorted the immigration officers “not to relax your guard and be always vigilant in discharging their duties as gatekeepers of our country.”

Statistics from the BI-POD’s travel control and enforcement (TCEU) show that 1,129 Chinese nationals topped the list of excluded aliens, followed by 106 Indians, 87 Americans, 52 Taiwanese, and 67 Koreans.

The list includes registered sex offenders, wanted fugitives, suspected international terrorists, and blacklisted and previously deported aliens.

It was learned that most of aliens were excluded for being public charges or persons without visible means to support themselves, and whose purpose of coming here are doubtful. Some, he added, were turned back for being rude and disrespectful towards immigration officers, and for having incomplete travel documents.

“Our immigration officers are working hard day and night to protect our borders from these threats,” said Morente. “We are serious in our drive against illegal aliens, and we are doing the best so we can to stop them from entering the country,” he added.

Morente likewise clarified that they “are not targeting specific nationalities,” but are instead “targeting illegal and undocumented individuals who try to enter the Philippines”.

According to Morente, those who were excluded for being a public charge or whose entry is a threat to public order and safety will be barred from re-entering the country.


이 글은 이민국 공식 페이스북 에서 게제한 글을 복사해서 온 것입니다.

간단히 추리자면 여러가지의 이유로 입국 거부된 외국인이 마닐라에서 1,920명 나머지는 마닐라를 제외한 다른 공항에서 입국 거부된 외국인이네요.

그 2,300명 중 1,129명이 중국인, 106명이 인도인, 87명이 미국인, 67명이 한국인, 52명이 대만 사람이라고 합니다.

항상 한국인만 불이익을 받는다고 하는데, 관광비자로 들어오는 외국인 국적중 한국인이 여전히 1위를 차지하고 있는 걸 봐서는 딱 집어서 한국인에게만 엄격하다고 할 순 없을 거 같네요.

절반이 중국인이라니 대단하네요 역시. 하나 확실한 건 중국인들이 이민국 법을 엄격하게 만드는 데 일등공신 노릇을 하고 있는것 같습니다.

필리핀에서 생활하시는 모든 교민분들이 무사무탈한 생활 하시기를 기원합니다.