A Hong Kong airline forced a Japanese woman to take a pregnancy test before allowing her on a flight to a Pacific island popular with mothers seeking US citizenship for their babies. Midori Nishida, 25, was escorted to a public toilet at Hong Kong airport and told to urinate on a strip in November before
Hong Kong - A Hong Kong airline forced a Japanese woman to take a pregnancy test before allowing her on a flight to a Pacific island popular with mothers seeking US citizenship for their babies.
She had declared in a questionnaire at check-in that she was not pregnant but airline staff nevertheless requested she undergo a"fit-to-fly" assessment designed for women with a body size or shape resembling a pregnant woman."It was very humiliating and frustrating," Nishida told the Wall Street Journal.The airline apologised to Nishida and said the practice had been discontinued when contacted by AFP.
Hong Kong Express said it had taken"action on flights to Saipan from February 2019 to help ensure US immigration laws were not being undermined", in response to concerns raised by the island's authorities.Saipan is a popular destination for women wanting to give birth on US soil to secure American citizenship for their child.
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