Tag: foreign seafarers stranded

Immigration bureau: Almost 10,000 foreign seafarers stranded in ports amid COVID-19 pandemic sent home

From 57 in April, only four vessels left in Manila Bay, bureau says (Eagle News) — The Philippines has sent home almost 10,000 foreign seafarers who had been stranded in Philippine ports amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a report to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, bureau Seaport Operations Chief Alnazib Decampong said as of August 19, 9,854 foreign seamen boarded flights towards their countries of destination after being processed and cleared. Decampong said the foreigners were […]