Alert on for OFWs exiting via southern backdoor

BUREAU of Immigration (BI) officers in all international airports and other ports of entry have been ordered to be on the lookout for returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who left the country via the southern backdoor.

Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente issued the directive on Wednesday over the recent interception at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) of five Filipino women who worked as entertainers in South Korea without work permits from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA).