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John Kane John Kane is offline
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On Jun 3, 4:05*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> 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.


I managed to walk through 'passport control' 4 times in Frankfort
while trying to find my way to another part of the terminal. Nobody
even glanced at me.
>
> > 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.


Just because you may be a 'legitimate' refugee claimant does not mean
that you are not using false documents to get into the country
When you're fleeing for your life from Myamar or Iran, the gov't may
not be too willing to issue you a passport

John Kane Kingston ON Canada