RP deports two Jordanians

RP deports two Jordanians

PHILIPPINES: Philippine immigration officials deported on Friday two Jordanian men suspected of having links to terrorists after failing to find enough evidence to prosecute them.

Mohammad Amin Al-Ghafari and Ahmad Abellatif Jubran were escorted by an immigration officer back to Amman, Jordan, on board a Gulf Air flight.

Immigration Commissioner Andrea Domingo said in a statement the two men were deported for being undocumented aliens.

Although there were allegations that the Jordanians had ties to terrorist groups, the immigration bureau decided it could not hold them because no criminal charges were filed against them in court, she said.

The two, arrested separately, have been placed on a blacklist to prevent them from reentering the country, Domingo added. --AP