![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Chinese and Taiwanese passengers managed to get visas after a long while, and could leave the airport to travel within Germany. She added: “ took all the passports of our group, which consisted of Chinese, Taiwanese and Filipino passengers. Lim said the German authorities were issuing temporary 3-day Schengen visas that were going to be paid for by Cathay Pacific. But the Filipino passengers were told they had to stay. “We saw other Asian passengers from Taiwan and China-who also lacked visas-being allowed to enter. “We had to wait for four hours with no food or water and were then told we could not enter Germany,” Lim said by phone. Other passengers on the flight were accommodated in hotels by the airline but the Filipinos were kept in the airline lounge and had to sleep on floors and cushions because they lacked Schengen visas, according to passenger Kimberly Lim, 20. The Filipinos, all holders of UK visas, were en route to London when their flight was diverted to Frankfurt because of the volcanic eruption in Iceland on Wednesday. MANILA, Philippines-Twelve Filipinos traveling to the United Kingdom on a Cathay Pacific Airways flight (CX275 from Hong Kong to London) have been refused entry into Germany and were held Thursday night at Frankfurt International Airport. ![]()
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