Mehran Nasseri, The Terminal Man

In late 1980 Belgium agreed to grant Mehran political asylum on its territory, it was a happy ending to a long run and a life of suffering, but Mehran never kept thinking about leaving Belgium for any other European country, especially the United Kingdom, even if it was illegal.

After many infiltration attempts, he ended up detained in French prisons where he was held for years, before having access to the French airport of Charles de Gaulle, where he chose to leave for England and indeed boarded the plane and Heathrow arrived.

According to his claim, Mehran lost his handbag containing all his paperwork, which prompted Heathrow authorities to prevent him from entering the UK and to return him to his next destination. It was never a normal wait, but it lasted as the longest wait in the history of airports, with the man in this area broadcasting for more than 18 years, as a result of his inability to prove his personality, besides the authorities could not legally detain him or otherwise have entered Charles de Gaulle airport legally and unequivocally.

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