You shouldn't even need to show a passport to fly through a country's airport if you transit through.
I wonder why the plane did not go directly to Lebanon - it is probably to avoid raising suspicion.
I wonder why the plane did not go directly to Lebanon - it is probably to avoid raising suspicion.
They’ve finally started doing a better job of not requiring you to pickup your luggage while transiting only to drop it off another belt a minute later.
But that’s not universal.
If you don’t require transit visas it becomes fairly trivial to get into the US and claim asylum while supposedly in transit to somewhere else.
https://www.alllaw.com/articles/nolo/us-immigration/can-you-...
The only trick would be if the government a priori refused transit visas to people suspected of seeking asylum without hearing the asylum case, which would be a gross violation of immigration law.
How could it?
I think you may be thinking of refusing to honor an existing valid visa at the border, rather than refusing to issue one at all before someone travels.
Only citizens have an absolute right to entry.
Doesn’t Japan have exit controls?
Did they sneak him into the airport as maintenance personnel and then get him on a plane?
Japan now supports tourism efforts but charging 1000¥ to leave the country! https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/04/10/national/japans...
The airport part is not clear, but either they not very thorough when checking instruments for private jets, or they bribed someone I guess.
https://nypost.com/2019/12/31/ex-nissan-honcho-carlos-ghosan...
(Hiding in a musicians’ case; used by musicians who really weren’t).
Surely this will be made into a movie or even a series.
There are all kinds of manifest declaration requirements that would need to be ignored.