Illegal entry bar on fliers

Calcutta: The immigration authorities have asked international airlines to ensure that unauthorised passengers do not get to land at Calcutta airport.
The airlines have been asked to prevent passengers not allowed to enter the country through Calcutta from boarding city-bound flights and to “thoroughly scan” the documents of fliers on the way to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport.
The advisory follows the unauthorised arrival of three Pakistani nationals at the airport on February 10.
Mumtaz Ruksana, 52, Syed Masroor Hussain Shah, 40, and Mumtaz Ahmed Khan, 62, who arrived by Jet Airways’s Dhaka-Calcutta flight, were denied entry at the airport and sent back by GMG Airline.
According to rules, a Pakistani national can enter or leave India by air only through Delhi and Mumbai airports.
Immigration officials said international airlines often allow passengers without a valid passport or visa to board a flight.
15/02/08 Sanjay Mandal/The Telegraph

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