The lack of accomplishment of entry requirements does not justify the violation of human rights of tourists
A tourist travelling for the first time internationally, arrived in an immigration counter without accomplishing with two of the entry
requirements: letter of invitation and insurance. He didn’t speak the language of the “Host country”, and the officers of immigration,
neither the language of the tourist. Due to this, they took him without explanation to an isolated room for three hours, not before taking
away his personal belongings: cabin suitcase and mobile phone. After, he was transferred to another room where he was with people in
“similar situation” than him. In this room there was a telephone, but he couldn’t call his friend that was waiting for him at the airport, as hehad the number only registered on his mobile phone.
After five hours, a translator arrived and took him to speak with a police officer. Moment when he asked him to sign an administrative
paper to be able to take him to the “Hotel of the Police”; so he signed the paper. But the reality was that he was signing, without knowing,
his deportation. Later on, he was taken to a detention centre. The day after, the tourist was taken, with handcuffs, to the plane, by two
police officers. He was deported!
Can these actions be justified on the lack of full accomplishment of the entry requirements, and therefore be considered there
was no violation of human rights? (As the authorities stated)? Or the tourist was victim of violations of its human rights?
This is one of several examples of the problems faced by tourists during their international travels. Until today (and after five
years), no one has taken responsibility for: neither his government nor the government of the visited country. And the same
situation happened again, in another country last year (2023).