Morphine Prince 110,001 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 (CNN)- A British teacher on a school field trip was escorted off an Icelandair flight to New York as 39 students looked on in shock. "As I was making my way out of the plane I looked back at the kids to tell them everything was going to be okay. The look I got off the kids, they were shocked, they couldn't believe what was happening. This is when I felt like I was a criminal," Juhel Miah, a math teacher at Llangatwg Comprehensive School in Wales told CNN. Miah, 25, was one of four school staff accompanying the children, aged 12-15, on a trip to New York, that included a one-night stopover in Reykjavik, Iceland. Miah, who is Muslim, was born in Birmingham, England, and grew up in Swansea, Wales. The trip was due to be his first visit to the US. He was traveling on his British passport with a US visitor's visa, he told CNN. Miah is not a citizen of any other country. "It all started when I met the first official. I gave her my passport. My first name is Mohammad. Straight away she looked at me and said you have been randomly selected for a security check," Miah told CNN. After a brief search, Miah was allowed to board the plane. But shortly after that, he was informed he had been denied entry to the US and wouldn't be able to travel. "I asked her on what ground was I denied access. I got my ESTA [US visitor's] visa, I have a British passport, I ticked all the rights boxes. She did not give me an answer," he said. Icelandair told CNN, "We refused carriage to Mr. Miah based on a recommendation from the US Customs and Border Protection Agency and line with our conditions of carriage." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calmar 22,824 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 3 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said: Icelandair told CNN, "We refused carriage to Mr. Miah because he has the world's most common first name." Fixed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlepotter 76,625 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 How repugnant chaeri pls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeleteMyAccount 11,881 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Bullshit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizurl 1,801 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 This is such bullsh*t. Spoiler That guy lowkey good lookin tho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SychosSoChic 9,995 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Trump was indeed right about one thing, the world is indeed laughing at America Life ain't Hollywood for any one of us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagadonna 10,801 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Disgusting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 31,591 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 That's insane, like there must be laws or whatever ?? Even yesterday on Twitter I saw an article about a gay guy denied entry, they looked in his phone and everything and found a grindr account or some story like that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
baptism 2,670 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 The prospect of living like this for four years is absolutely unbearable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Child 18,997 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 I can't believe this. I am disgusted. (Btw, he's hot ) ‘If religion be the cause of disunity, then irreligion is surely to be preferred.’ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamJ 8,008 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 This is probably not to do with him being a British muslim because such a large proportion of our population are Muslims, and if its just happened to him you cant overplay the prejudice card because millions of British Muslims go to America each year on holiday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuchulainn 3,040 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Perhaps he shares a name with someone who is on the no-fly list. I read that it happens fairly frequently to people with Middle Eastern names. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 110,001 Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 30 minutes ago, UK Monster said: This is probably not to do with him being a British muslim because such a large proportion of our population are Muslims, and if its just happened to him you cant overplay the prejudice card because millions of British Muslims go to America each year on holiday. It happened to him and it's horrible. Apologists will always find an excuse to brush aside discrimination. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AM98GJ 3,086 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 30 minutes ago, UK Monster said: This is probably not to do with him being a British muslim because such a large proportion of our population are Muslims, and if its just happened to him you cant overplay the prejudice card because millions of British Muslims go to America each year on holiday. It literally has everything to do with him being a muslim.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 I can't with the apologists in this thread. FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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