The Philippines Bureau of Immigration recently announced that it will comprehensively strengthen the deportation management of Chinese nationals involved in POGO cases, requiring all deportees to take direct flights back to their home country. It strictly prohibits entering the country by transferring through other countries to avoid deportation procedures.
Previously, there were deportees who successfully escaped during a transfer in Kuala Lumpur and were suspected of attempting to re-enter the Philippines after altering their identities. To prevent similar incidents, the Philippine government has decided to strictly monitor deportation flights to ensure the entire process is controlled.
According to current regulations, foreign nationals can usually purchase their own tickets to return home, but the immigration bureau has adjusted the policy to have the government designate deportation flights and, if necessary, even cover the cost of the tickets to expedite the deportation process and prevent deportees from using legal loopholes to delay their departure.
Meanwhile, the immigration bureau has also found that many detained foreign nationals delay their deportation by filing lawsuits and applying for bail to temporarily gain freedom, which increases the difficulty of tracking them.
In response, the Executive Director of the Presidential Anti-Crime Commission, Zhang Qiaowei, emphasized that tracking the whereabouts of those released on bail is extremely complex. Guilty individuals should be punished according to the law, while the innocent should be deported immediately, reflecting the Philippine government's high regard and strict stance on addressing the issue of illegal overstaying.
