John Kane wrote:

>
> Land at Heathrow or even Toronto, don't go through Customs for a few
> minutes and suddenly it's anybody guess where you came from. Too many
> planes landing and too many choices even if you can identify a plane.
> Land at Pearson from an international hub and see if Amsterdam or
> Paris wants the person back.


I accidentally walked out of Schipol airport in Amsterdam last summer. I
came in on a flight from Copenhagen to connect with a flight to Toronto.
It was the first time I had arrived at Schipol that I was not exhausted,
but we thought we were following the signs. I stepped outside, then
back in again and had to ask for directions. It was quite a hike to
passport control. It was easier to walk out and bypass the whole system
that to find the right place.

> Airlines can be fined for transporting people with inadequate
> documentation or whom are not eligible to enter the destination
> country.
>
> Plus some of the arrivals are legitimate refugees who may have had no
> valid documentation anyway.


They destroy their travel documents and flush them before landing. They
had to have them to get on the plane. They count on not being sent back
without the papers.