BI vows closer partnership with ASEAN counterparts for stronger border protection

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has vowed to pursue closer partnerships with its counterparts in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to better protect the borders of the Philippines.

- By JEFFREY DAMICOG

“We will not stop in our work to secure our borders from external threats,” said BI Commissioner Joel Anthony M. Viado in a statement issued on Sunday, August 17.

Viado led the BI delegation in the recently concluded 28th ASEAN Directors-General of Immigration Departments and Heads of Consular Affairs Divisions of Ministries of Foreign Affairs Meeting (DGICM) and its related sessions held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam.