I'm waiting for a supervisor, who's obviously taking their time hoping I'll just leave or I'll miss the flight.
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I'm at the airport in Berlin and I'm being denied boarding by @Ryanair because I'm a refugee. I'm heading to Dublin. The Irish government website says I can travel but @Ryanair says I can't. If you love me, make some noise.https://twitter.com/3z0ooz/status/1115275381936939013 …
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I've been denied boarding. They're not allowing me to fly. Make some noise.
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- Reasons given: None - Presented printout of Irish government page saying I can travel, they "asked for the original" (of a website?) - Asked to see supervisor, "our supervisor is busy". - Asked for my customer rights, referred to the RyanAir website.
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Curiously the supervisor remained busy until it was too late for me to catch the flight.
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I'll find another way to Dublin, but
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That said now I'm just thinking that I should have been working on the flight now (have quite a bit to do ahead of the meeting tomorrow) - now I'm going to be spending the entire day traveling instead.
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For everyone concerned: Thank you. Yes, I once spent 26 days stranded in an airport after being expelled from my former country, the UAE. Yes, I'm nervous around airports. But if we're anything we're resilient. Dictators didn't break us, an airline certainly won't.
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Just received a call from
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As for all of you - who created noise and for a couple hours were my voice - thank you all, much love.
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There's a lot of bullshit out there and we refugees have to deal with a lot of shit. But there's also a lot of love and solidarity out there. Thank you all, my friends.
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Don't forget the other refugees who aren't famous and don't have a lot of followers and don't speak English and don't have Twitter and they end up standing there feeling dehumanized and broken and unable to punch back. Be their voice too.
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وأنت تعود إلى البيت، بيتك، فكر بغيرك، لا تنس شعب الخيام وأنت تحرر نفسك بالإستعارات، فكر بغيرك، من فقدوا حقهم بالكلام وأنت تفكر بالآخرين البعيدين، فكر بنفسك، قل: ليتني شمعة في الظلام
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Hi İyad, sincere apologies for the inconvenience – could you please DM us your booking reference and we will investigate this immediately.
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1. Fuck you 2. It's BZHWWC 3. Fuck you againpic.twitter.com/xM7KDsg33e
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You have another flight to Dublin at 6:15 pm from the same airport. Are you going to put me on this flight
@Ryanair? I'm still at the airport.pic.twitter.com/OSVqcHEcok
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I’ve stopped traveling Ryanair long time ago. They demand you print your boarding pass and have it checked at their check in with a member of staff cause I carry a refugee travel document. Try
@easyJet they recognize the refugee document and treat u like everyone else. End of conversation
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Hi, Simon Calder here from The Independent newspaper in London. Please can you give me more details and also provide a picture of you at the airport? Many thanks s@hols.tv
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No reasons given. "Our supervisor is busy". I'm supposed to fly in for a meeting (24 hours in/out). Here are the flight details.pic.twitter.com/e1vwFt9THG
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