MANILA, Philippines ? Foreign activists who will be joining the protests during President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo?s State of the Nation Address on Monday will be deported, Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan said Friday.

Libanan said immigration intelligence operatives will be deployed during the protests.
?Foreign activist who will be spotted among the ranks of the protesters will be subjected to deportation proceedings,? Libanan said.

The immigration I\intelligence was also directed to ?gather information for purposes of identification through photographs, passports, residence addresses, and immigration status? about foreign nationals taking part in said mass actions.

Libanan said foreigners who participate in public demonstration would violate Philippine immigration laws.

?We will also ban them from re-entering the Philippines by putting them in our blacklist of undesirable aliens,? the BI chief added.

He issued the order even as he instructed the bureau?s law enforcement division (LED) to investigate a group of nine Belgian activists who allegedly took part in a protest march in Bacoor, Cavite last Wednesday.

Libanan also instructed Wilfredo Poquez, LED acting chief, to coordinate with the Bacoor police in verifying the immigration status of the Belgians and in tracing their whereabouts so the necessary action could be taken against them.

A report obtained from the Bacoor police identified the Belgians as Johan Demettenaere, Mario Alessander Bauwens, Stefanie Devloo, Nicky Broeckhoven, Marlies Geldof, Jelle Eeckout, Oreet Vantieometi, Mattia de Pauw, and Chiara Donadoni, all of whom are said to be in their 20s.

Poquez said the LED was investigating the status of the Belgians to determine if they should be subjected to deportation proceedings for violation of immigration laws.