Urgent Inter-Agency Action ng B.I. sa isyu ng pagdami ng Chinese students, suportado ng ilang kongresista;
Mas mahigpit na screening sa Chinese students, ipinanawagan
Mas mahigpit na screening sa Chinese students, ipinanawagan
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00:00 In the midst of issues in the national security, some congressmen called for more strict screening of Chinese students who are entering the country.
00:11 The Bureau of Immigration has a special role in this.
00:15 Mela Lesmora in detail.
00:20 Some congressmen supported the Bureau of Immigration's call for urgent interagency action on the issue of increasing the number of Chinese students in the country.
00:32 In an announcement, BI Commissioner Norman Tan Singco emphasized that it is important for the government agencies that are part of the Interagency Committee on Foreign Students
00:43 to take action to protect foreign students who are entering the country in the name of our national security.
00:52 According to House Assistant Majority Leader Jill Bongalon, the initiative of the Immigration Bureau is good to clarify the controversies being raised by foreign students in the country.
01:04 Of course, this is a welcome development.
01:07 Because what is at stake here is our national security and one of the non-negotiables in our country is our national security.
01:15 We want to make sure that the screening process of these students who are interested to enter the Philippines and have their education here should go under a very strict process.
01:31 We want to make sure that these students do not pose a security risk or security threats in our country.
01:39 According to House Assistant Majority Leader Paul Ortega, he called for the agencies to also be involved not only in monitoring but also in screening of foreign students entering the country.
01:53 Our national agencies should also see that they have projections and they should have reasons or they should have a gathering of facts on why there are so many influx of students here in Cagayan. Something like that.
02:11 Surigao Del Norte Representative Robert Ace Barbers also called for the destruction of Executive Order 285 of former President Joseph Estrada which gives the power to the BI to convert the tourist visa to a student visa.
02:28 For Barbers, this could be an abuse for their own interest.
02:34 Mel Alasmoraz for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.