About 30 visitors with legitimate passports but containing a different identity from the records of the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) were detected and refused entry every month since 2022. In all, about 2,500 visitors are refused entry at Singapore’s checkpoints every month.
About 30 visitors with legitimate passports but containing a different identity from the records of the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority were detected and refused entry every month since 2022. In all, about 2,500 visitors are refused entry at Singapore’s checkpoints every month. Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam shared these statistics in reply to MPs’ questions in Parliament on Monday , following the undetected entry of Bangladeshi extremist preacher Amir Hamza on Aug 9 .
About 30 visitors with legitimate passports but containing a different identity from the records of the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority were detected and refused entry every month since 2022. In all, about 2,500 visitors are refused entry at Singapore’s checkpoints every month. Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam shared these statistics in reply to MPs’ questions in Parliament on Monday , following the undetected entry of Bangladeshi extremist preacher Amir Hamza on Aug 9 .
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