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Time to stop ‘escort’ modus in airports, says Immigration bureau

/ 04:58 PM October 13, 2023

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NAIA TERMINAL 3 Passengers bound for Japan on the first day of resumption of operation for international flights of Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay city on July 8, 2020, after three months of temporary closure due to travel restrictions caused by coronavirus disease pandemic. (INQUIRER file photo  / RICHARD A. REYES)

MANILA, Philippines — Bureau of Immigration (BI) will crack down on the so-called “escort” modus in airports.

The scheme involves immigration officers escorting individuals with anomalous documents so that their passage and departure from the airports are easily facilitated.

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“This is not an overnight problem,” BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said.

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“However, we are making substantial progress in tackling corruption, holding guilty employees accountable, and deterring others from straying,” he added.

The bureau is also enforcing a one-strike policy in which personnel found to be involved in an anomaly will be immediately removed, pending charges to be filed against them.

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