High-risk, undesirable travellers will be barred from boarding Singapore-bound flights from Jan 30

Airlines that receive no-boarding directive notices must not allow prohibited or undesirable travellers to board flights bound for Singapore. -- ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): From Jan 30, Singapore-bound flights will be issued notices listing travellers identified as undesirable or who do not meet Singapore’s entry requirements, and are thus barred from getting on the plane.

The move is aimed at strengthening border security by keeping potential threats from reaching Singapore’s shores in the first place, said the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) in a statement on Nov 28.