over-reaction?

[jumpy]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/5259264.stm

not really sure what to make of this one...

Asian people needed a special visa.

sounds dodgey to me; pop quiz, who were the last historically ethinic group to be forced to have special 'papers' badges etc?
No particular offense to you guys over the water, but sometimes your officialdom seem like real arseholes of the first degree - mayhap these qualities are a prerequisite for customs and immigration officials.

Mr Iqbal was travelling with his wife Rizwana and their three children Ibrahim, 5, Murvah, 10, and Mohin, 14.
Mr Iqbal's family were allowed to enter the country


He said: "It all started with the immigration man saying he wanted to ask me a couple of questions and they took me and my family to a secure area, where they quizzed me for four hours.
"They asked if I had heard about the arrests in Britain that had happened earlier that day. They said did I know any of the people involved?
"I was really upset and said that there was no way I would know or associate with these people.
"The whole experience was completely demeaning. One of them even said sarcastically 'we didn't tell you to come to America on holiday' after we complained about our treatment.

sounds a bit xenophobic to me.

"He appears to have been turned back at Atlanta airport with no clear explanation, and he has been handed no documentation," he said.
"All he has is a hand written note that has been entered into his passport by an official in Atlanta.
"I don't see why our citizens should have to put up with it."

"yer name's not down, yer not comin' in..." (cheesy 80's-90's pot tune)

See the 'special relationship' in action?
Way to go with treating the citizens of your closest allies







Perhaps there's a reasonable explanation for this kind of pressurising treatment of british citizens, though surely not one based on 'you look like a raghead, get out'.