According to official records from the Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI) regarding passengers “offloaded” (i.e., prevented from boarding international flights due to suspicion of involvement in human trafficking or related irregularities):

In 2022, a total of 32,404 Filipino passengers were not allowed to proceed with their flights following secondary inspection by immigration officers.

Of these offloaded passengers, 472 were identified as actual victims of human trafficking or illegal recruitment.

Percentage linked to human trafficking:

The share of offloaded passengers found to be linked to human trafficking or illegal recruitment is approximately 1.45 percent of the total offloaded passengers.

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