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I'm very surprised seeing this making it to hn.

Few weeks ago, I was transiting through Delhi to Astana. Flight got cancelled, I got stuck in Delhi, and was told to GTFO out of the country till the end the day or be sent to immigration jail.

Had to buy a last minute ticket to Dubai for cash at the counter for 1k :(

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Were you on the last day of your stay permit?

If that’s the case, any country would do the same.

I was transiting visa free under 24 hour airside transit.

clearly last day then, so what is your beef?

Still, not the best experience, and a normal country would've showed at least a degree of flexibility when such things happen due to a force majeure.

Last time I got stuck in Qatar, I was given a gift card, and hotel stay paid by an airline. A very different experience.

Define a normal country please and kindly give an example of any country which shows flexibility.

May I ask if the country whose citizen you are shows flexibility?

Well, Qatar did.

And for my own country, Russia, nope. It is just few steps away from becoming North Korea now...

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