Immigration bureau: 1320 foreign nationals denied entry into PHL in 2021 due to improper documentation, prior blacklisting, others

(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration said it denied entry to over 1000 foreign nationals in 2021 after deeming their presence in the country to be inimical to national interest. Bureau Port Operations Division Chief Carlos Capulong said the 1,320 aliens who were refused entry were less than the over 3,000 foreign nationals who were intercepted in 2020. Capulong clarified, however, that the decline was expected with the travel bans imposed for the whole […]