ABOUT 1,500 foreigners were turned back at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) during the first four months of the year, according to the Bureau of Immigration (BI).

Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said that a total of 1,521 foreigners barred from the country from January to April was slightly lower than the 1,700 who were turned away in the same period in 2017.

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