MK sports-Philippines immigration bureau plans to deport gaming workers by year end

MK sports-Philippines immigration bureau plans to deport gaming workers by year end

On November 4, local time, Dana Sandoval, spokesperson for the Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI), said that the authorities plan to deport most of the foreign nationals under temporary supervision in December who were previously found to be working in the illegally operated Philippine offshore gaming companies (POGOs).

The spokesperson said that they hope to repatriate more than 300 foreigners in December, most of whom are from China.

In September, the Philippine authorities arrested/rescued a total of 372 foreign employees working in illegal online gaming companies in multiple operations, of which 27 have been deported. The first batch of 6 Chinese were deported on October 19, while another batch of 21 Chinese were deported on November 2.

“We hope to maximize the implementation of repatriation or deportation to relieve the congestion in our detention facilities,” Sandoval said.

When asked why the deportations were divided into batches, she replied: “We have to wait for their embassy to issue their travel documents, but there is no exact execution time for the third batch of deportation procedures.”