Document #1273352
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
According to an Iberia Airlines of Spain
official in Montréal, Liberian and Ghanaian passports are
checked for the appropriate Canadian or U.S. visa at Madrid airport
(1 Sept. 1994). The official indicated that there are three
passport controls at Madrid airport. The first control takes place
in the luggage registration area where airline personnel examine
passports, visas and tickets. The second passport control occurs
when Spanish immigration agents stamp the passport for exit
(ibid.). The third passport control is performed by the Spanish
police at the entrance to the aircraft (ibid.)
This response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum.
Iberia Airlines of Spain,
Montréal. 1 September 1994. Telephone interview with
official.