The Bureau of Immigration (BI) arrested two Africans for using fake travel papers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
This led BI Commissioner Siegfred B. Mison on Friday to warn foreigners who have fake travel documents not to enter the country.
Mison said Sofia Zeinu Ali from Ethiopia arrived at the NAIA Terminal 2, via Philippine Airlines from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, purportedly for a vacation.
When asked by immigration officers of the purpose of the visit, she merely shook her head claiming she doesn’t understand English.
Her travel documents showed numerous cuts with counterfeit “Schengen” visa.
“The Philippine border security should not be taken lightly,” said Mison stressing that the Philippines will not serve as a transit hub for foreigners with spurious visa stamps.
Meanwhile, Andersen Adua Abalem of Ghana was intercepted at the airport’s arrival area upon disembarking from Philippine Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Abalem was on transit with Vancouver, Canada as his final destination.
Upon inspection, he presented a Republic of Ghana passport with a V-I multiple Canada sticker visa.
However, a Canadian embassy official told the BI that the Ghanian travel papers were fraudulent.
Mison said the two undesirable visitors will be deported shortly and banned from the country.
