list of people who have lived at airports
people who have lived at airports
Table:
Profile

Name

Original nationality

Location

Period

Reason for stay

Reason for leaving

Mehran Karimi Nasseri

Iranian[1]

Charles de Gaulle Airport, France [2]

26 August 1988 – July 2006[1] (6518 – 6548 days)

He was exiled from Iran and later his documents were stolen in Paris en route to the United Kingdom. He was refused entry.[2]

He was hospitalised, stayed in hotel by Red Cross and then moved to Paris by Emmaus.[2]

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Sanjay Shah

Kenyan

Nairobi Airport, Kenya[3]

May 2004 – 12 July 2005[3] (407 – 437 days)

He tried to enter the United Kingdom on a British Overseas citizen passport but was barred entry. He had already handed in his Kenyan Passport and upon return to Nairobi began protesting.[3]

He obtained full British citizenship.[3]

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Zahra Kamalfar

Iranian

Sheremetyevo International Airport, Russia[4]

May-June 2006 – 15 March 2007[4] (258 - 318 days)

She and her family were fleeing persecutionin Iran and seeking asylum in Canada.[4]

Their asylum was granted by the Canadian government.[4]

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Hiroshi Nohara

Japanese

Mexico City International Airport, Mexico[5]

2 September 2008 – 28 December 2008[5][6] (117 days)

Nohara had declined to give his reasons.[6]

He left with a woman identified as Oyuki.[6]

Feng Zhenghu

Chinese[7]

Narita International Airport, Japan[7]

9 November 2009 – 3 February 2010[7][8] (86 days)

He began protesting after being refused re-entry into China.[7]

He was visited by several Chinese diplomats and entered Japan with anticipation of being allowed to re-enter Shanghai by mid-February. This later occurred although he is now under house-arrest at his Shanghai apartment.[8][9]

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Gary Peter Austin

British

Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Philippines[10]

19 December 2012 – 11 January 2013[11] (23 days)

He missed his flight. He had run out of money to book a new flight.[12]

Donors paid for a ticket back to the United Kingdom.[13]

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Heinz Müller

German

Viracopos-Campinas International Airport, Brazil

October 16–29, 2009[14] (13 days)

He flew to Rio de Janeiro to meet with a woman he met online, but she did not show up. He ran out of money and ended up in Campinas.[14]

He was taken to a hospital for a psychological evaluation.[14]

Edward Snowden

American

Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia[15]

23 June 2013 – 1 August 2013 (39 days)[16]

When Snowden boarded a flight to Moscow-Sheremetyevo, authorities revoked his U.S. passport.

Granted 1-year temporary asylum in Russia.[17]

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Ahmed Kannan

Palestinian

Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang, Malaysia[18]

21 May 2013 – 13 July 2013 (54 days) [19]

Arrived without passport because it had been confiscated in Turkey. After having overstayed during May 2013 in Malaysia, he had flown from Kuala Lumpur to Turkey, but without a Turkish visa. His passport was seized by Turkish immigration and he was deported back to Kuala Lumpur.

Released at 16:00 (UTC+8) on 13 July 2013. Granted 30-days Malaysian visa on humanitarian grounds.[19]

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Mohammed Al Bahish

Iraqi-Palestinean

Almaty International Airport, Almaty, Kazakhstan[20]

March 20, 2013 – Present (4097 days)

In Kazakhstan, while registering intention to marry, his refugee travel documents went missing, and his Kazakh and Emirati visas expired. He later flew to Turkey in the hope of renewing his Kazakh visa, but was turned back at the border. Subsequently flown back and forth 4 times and refused entry by either country.

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