SEVEN Filipinos were barred from leaving the country for possession of spurious travel documents, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Friday.

BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said the seven were suspected victims of human trafficking after they admitted paying the recruiters in exchange for jobs abroad.

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