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Just arrived in Frankfurt from South East Asia yesterday, no problems
Just wanted to share my experience.
I recently returned from Spain. On my way there, I had a layover in Zurich, Switzerland. I entered without any issues and then landed in Seville, Spain, also without any problems. From there, I traveled around the country by train and visited several cities.
On my way home, departing from Barcelona, I was pulled aside at passport control. The customs officer appeared confused and called over her supervisor, who also seemed unsure about something. I assumed it was related to a notification they had received back home.
I was then told that additional colleagues were coming to assist. Shortly afterward, I was escorted to my gate by three police officers and was not allowed out of their sight until I boarded the plane. They even accompanied me to the restroom.
The experience caught me by surprise.
When I landed back home in the U.S., Customs escorted me to a separate office, asked me a few questions, and then I was on my way. Compared to my previous return from Europe—when my bags were searched in front of other travelers in a public area—the U.S. experience was relatively minor.
Overall, the most surprising part of the trip was definitely being escorted through the airport in Barcelona by three officers all the way to my gate.
We took the Eurostar train through the Chunnel from Paris to London. Interestingly, you clear UK immigration while in the train station in France. Since we had UKETA attached to our passports, we had no trouble at all clearing. Took less than a minute. We have been touring around the UK and Ireland for the last 16 days, but we fly home tomorrow. We have a direct flight from Heathrow to Phoenix. Any one with experience clearing immigration in Phoenix?
FRANCE Hi all. Just a “heads up”: France is currently experiencing some hyper-attention to child sexual abuse.
I am hoping the topic will soon drop from public attention. But I am concerned that it could affect French (and, possibly, European) travel, visa & residency laws. Time will tell.