MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has blocked two Filipino female household workers bound for Saudi Arabia by pretending to be going on a pilgrimage to Mecca. The women, aged 36 and 37, were intercepted by the bureau's Travel Control and Enforcement Unit when they attempted to depart on a Cebu Pacific flight to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 last Friday, April 14, the BI chief Norman Tansingco said in a statement on Monday.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1758183/bi-foils-bid-of-2-filipinas-to-enter-saudi-arabia-by-pretending-to-be-mecca-pilgrims

#inquirer