I actually read `March 2018` at first.
This is not as scary as the story of Mr Mehran Karimi Nasseri (guy who spent 18 years stuck in an airport).
German man living at Delhi airport since March 18
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Re: German man living at Delhi airport since March 18
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
There were plenty of flights to Germany at the beginning of the lockdown. They were called rescue flights and I’m sure the German government would have loved to have him on board that flight (so that they can arrest him in Germany). It’s sounded like he wanted to go to another country but couldn’t due to the lack of international flights.
It's a bit confusing, with the article saying international flights are suspended, but Delhi Departure and Bangkok arrival show flights between the two cities: https://www.bangkokairportonline.com/flight-status-arrivals-... . From there, a flight to Frankfurt leaves at 2300. The EU also pooled their repatriation flights. He could have gotten on any French, Italian, Spanish etc. transport, space permitting. There's ob…
Even if the flights are available to passengers, Thailand does not allow anyone enter the country except for very specific reasons - not even citizens and permanent residents are allowed in
As such an airline won't take the passenger
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/thailand/entry-requ...
Re: German man living at Delhi airport since March 18
#43> “While others were facilitated by their embassies concerned and were taken for quarantine, officials from the German embassy informed the Indian bureau of immigration that Ziebat is a wanted criminal in their country with several cases of assault and other crimes registered against him. Since he was on a foreign land, they did not take his custody." This sounds highly suspicious to me. If he is a wanted criminal, I…
Germany would be happy to have him board a flight to Germany, where he would be arrested on arrival, the problem is that there are (now) no flights at all. India is unwilling to let a convicted criminal in the country, but he has committed no crimes on Indian soil, so they're not arresting him. In a scenario like this there's very little the German embassy can do, it's not like they have their own private jail ready.…
> but he has committed no crimes on Indian soil, so they're not arresting
So India and Germany have no extradition agreement? If so, probably the reason why this guy is in India.
Re: German man living at Delhi airport since March 18
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
There were plenty of flights to Germany at the beginning of the lockdown. They were called rescue flights and I’m sure the German government would have loved to have him on board that flight (so that they can arrest him in Germany). It’s sounded like he wanted to go to another country but couldn’t due to the lack of international flights.
It's a bit confusing, with the article saying international flights are suspended, but Delhi Departure and Bangkok arrival show flights between the two cities: https://www.bangkokairportonline.com/flight-status-arrivals-... . From there, a flight to Frankfurt leaves at 2300. The EU also pooled their repatriation flights. He could have gotten on any French, Italian, Spanish etc. transport, space permitting. There's ob…
> The EU also pooled their repatriation flights. He could have gotten on any French, Italian, Spanish etc. transport, space permitting.
Maybe...but the article suggests that his destination was Turkey. And if he is really wanted in Germany I don't he'd want to board a flight to France, Spain or anywhere else in the EU.
Re: German man living at Delhi airport since March 18
#45Thousands if not more Indians have been stranded all over, as government suddenly closed entry to their own citizens. Even incidents like a KLM flight being not allowed to land in Delhi because it had Indians on board. Much confusing instructions from the government to airlines. Passengers from Europe were banned, but the confusing instructions meant that passengers transiting through Europe also were banned. Then se…
The KLM flight would have landed after the border closure. The presence of Indians on the flight had nothing to do with it.
Re: German man living at Delhi airport since March 18
#46If he has to be stuck in an airport, the Delhi airport is a good choice. They have sleeping lounges (at least they did when I was their in 2001) where you can sleep, although with zero privacy.
That sounds like any airport then, except they put a 'sleeping lounge' sign up?
Re: German man living at Delhi airport since March 18
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
As a German, I don't know any law that would prohibit that he could return to Germany. The embassies organized the return flights and I read about many complications and fuck-ups, maybe that's what happened. Maybe also he wasn't registered in the "Deutschenliste" (online tool that you register as a German if you travel abroad, so you can be contacted in emergencies). The German embassy in Delhi says on their website…
He's not prohibited from returning for legal reasons. He's prevented at the moment due to an apparent lack of (direct?) flights. This isn't a normal issue with some German citizen stuck abroad who failed to register. As far as I can tell from the article, he was not planning to return to Germany as he is wanted for a crime there, and was on his way to Turkey through India when India-Turkey flights were canceled. I im…
> I imagine Indian authorities would have to cooperate with the German embassy once a flight that is to their satisfaction is available to put him on the flight.
Can they really compel him to board a flight to Germany against his will? I mean technically he's still in-transit and not actually under Indian jurisdiction...
Re: German man living at Delhi airport since March 18
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
He's not prohibited from returning for legal reasons. He's prevented at the moment due to an apparent lack of (direct?) flights. This isn't a normal issue with some German citizen stuck abroad who failed to register. As far as I can tell from the article, he was not planning to return to Germany as he is wanted for a crime there, and was on his way to Turkey through India when India-Turkey flights were canceled. I im…
> I imagine Indian authorities would have to cooperate with the German embassy once a flight that is to their satisfaction is available to put him on the flight. Can they really compel him to board a flight to Germany against his will? I mean technically he's still in-transit and not actually under Indian jurisdiction...
(If anyone is familiar with Indian law I would appreciate their input.)
Speaking in general terms, based on various other countries limiting or restricting their international transit areas, I believe that in-transit areas (or pre-immigration areas in US airports) are usually not actually outside jurisdiction but are permitted by the host country to be accessible to passengers without immigration/customs processing. Therefore, they're not like international waters or airspace.
Re: German man living at Delhi airport since March 18
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
This commenter sounds like one of the people who have a chip in their shoulder about refugees, immigration in general and Muslim minorities..
Apparently I can't edit downvoted comments? I don't mean mulmen by "commenter", I mean the writer of the dead comment he was replying to (btw you can show flagged comments by enabling "showdead").
Nobody was confused by this. You are just making a similar logical leap along with a personal attack
Re: German man living at Delhi airport since March 18
#50Thousands if not more Indians have been stranded all over, as government suddenly closed entry to their own citizens. Even incidents like a KLM flight being not allowed to land in Delhi because it had Indians on board. Much confusing instructions from the government to airlines. Passengers from Europe were banned, but the confusing instructions meant that passengers transiting through Europe also were banned. Then se…
> Then seemingly without material change in situation, now the Government is allowing flights back to India.
Well if a rule was unreasonably harsh you hardly need a material change in the situation to change it, do you? You can't complain that they weren't letting Indians into India, and then complain that they suddenly started to let Indians back into India.