43 men missed Dubai flight due to lengthy questioning

Forty-three men bound for Dubai by Emirates airline missed their flight on Wednesday due to lengthy questioning by immigration officials.
The men, all of whom are from the districts of Bengal, were going to Dubai to work as plumbers, cooks and construction workers. They had the required work permits.
“On Tuesday, police received a tip-off that a group of men, aged between 25 and 30, had put up at a hotel near the airport. The cops suspected that a human trafficking network had organised their journey to Dubai,” disclosed an airport official.
The first group of 13 youths arrived at the airport around 7 am. They were stopped as soon as they produced their documents at the immigration counter. “We found out that they were from Ranaghat, in Nadia district,” said the official.
The second group arrived at the airport around 9 am, 45 minutes before the departure of the flight. They, too, were immediately taken aside for questioning.
The immigration officers checked the passports of the two groups with the regional passport office and found them to be in order. The men were later released. They will leave for Dubai on Thursday.
05/04/07 The Telegraph

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