BI magde-deploy ng 63 bagong immigration personnel sa NAIA

Nakatakdang mag-deploy ang Bureau of Immigration (BI) ng 63 newly-hired immigration officers sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) bilang dagdag sa mga personnel na nagsasagawa ng primary inspection ng international travelers na dumarating at umaalis sa nasabing paliparan.

Sinabi ni BI Commissioner Jaime Morente ang ang naturang 63 immigration officers na magtatapos sa susunod na lingo ng month-long training sa immigration laws, rules and procedures sa Philippine Immigration Academy in Clark, Pampanga ay bahagi ng 195 na bagong BI employees.

“We are confident that the deployment of these new immigration inspectors will help address the perennial problem of lack of manpower of BI personnel,” ani Morente.

Ayon kay lawyer Carlos Capulong, BI acting port operations chief, “the hiring and deployment of the new BI officers could not have come at a more opportune time as he cited the steady and continuing increase in the number of passengers who arrive and exit the country daily.”

Mula sa average daily arrival na 4,000 hanggang 5,000 pasahero, tumaas na umano ang volume ng mga turista ngayon sa 17,000 hanggang to 20,000 arrivals kada araw.

“We foresee a further uptick in our passenger arrivals and departures in the coming weeks as the travel and tourism industry continues to rebound and recover from the negative impact of the pandemic,” ani Capulong. (JERRY S. TAN/JOJO SADIWA)