A Nigerian man, Iwe Idorenyin, a doctorate student at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, has explained how he was stopped from entering Japan for bearing a Nigerian passport.
In what seems like discrimination against him, Idorenyin’s trip was curtail as he was stopped from embarking on his trip to the Asian country .
He said he was travelling from the us of America to Hong Kong , China, where he's studying but was stopped from boarding because his waiting time will cross midnight.
He noted that Nigerians weren't allowed to cross the midnight in Japan while expecting their flight within the country.
He said, “I had a flight to Hong Kong from the US, but I needed to first fly from San Diego to San Francisco and from San Francisco to Narita Airport in Japan where i might connect another flight to Hong Kong since there's no flight from the US thanks to this pandemic.
“I got checked in at San Diego Airport at about 6:30am on a flight that was meant to depart at 8:00am to San Francisco; but after a short time , my name was called requesting me to go to the counter for important information.
“Upon approaching the United Airlines counter, i used to be told that I couldn't connect flight in Japan since my waiting time will cross the midnight. While i used to be trying to get over the shock, the attendant told me that other passport are often allowed but not the Nigerian passport holders as they are doing not got to wait beyond one civil day in Japan without a transit visa.
“As Nigerians, we will only transit or connect flight in Japan to a different country within one civil day . It means we cannot cross midnight before our next flight no matter our time of arrival at the airport. This doesn't apply to several other nationals. It's really sad.”
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He noted that he had an identical experience when he wanted to board an AirCanada flight in February to the US as he was forced to urge a transit visa before he could connect flight at Vancouver to the US.
He added, “Generally, on my trips, I even have always been treated unfairly at different international airports albeit i'm travelling with people of other nationalities.
“Countries like China, Japan and Myanmar treated me very unfairly at their airports once I visited.”
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