Dubai: The immigration department has tightened inspections and checking at UAE airports to find job seekers who arrive in the country on visiting visas. Hundreds of passengers from Kottayam and Idukki districts in Kerala were detained at the airport as they didn’t have proper travel documents. The checking began at Kerala’s Kochi and Kozhikode airports. Checking has become stricter here after passengers were detained in UAE. More than 20 passengers weren’t allowed to board the flight at the Cochin International Airport on Wednesday alone. Meanwhile, up to five persons aren’t allowed to travel at the Calicut International Airport daily. Until now, at least 30 passengers in Kozhikode had to cancel their journey.
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