https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd3prze9yjo
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/welsh-woman-who-detained-holiday-31229572
This is what the UK is seeing. A British tourist crossing from US into Canada is imprisoned then deported for minor bureaucracy.
Expect a severe drop in UK tourism with immediate effect, followed by a Europe-wide slump.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/welsh-woman-who-detained-holiday-31229572
This is what the UK is seeing. A British tourist crossing from US into Canada is imprisoned then deported for minor bureaucracy.
Expect a severe drop in UK tourism with immediate effect, followed by a Europe-wide slump.
A Welsh backpacker detained in the US has arrived back in the UK, her father has confirmed.
Becky Burke, 28, had been held in a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing centre for 19 days after being denied entry at the US-Canada border.
Her father Paul Burke, from Portskewett, Monmouthshire, told BBC Wales that his daughter had been reunited with family and friends at Heathrow Airport earlier.
Becky Burke was detained halfway through a "trip of a lifetime" backpacking across North America. The artist had spent time with a number of families helping with household chores in return for accommodation.
At the end of February, Ms Burke travelled to Seattle with plans to go to Vancouver in Canada to stay with another family. Paul Burke said his daughter was, however, denied entry by the Canadian authorities, who told her she needed to go back to the US, where she was then detained at the Northwest detention centre in Tacoma, Washington.
Speaking to the BBC from inside the ICE centre, Ms Burke described the conditions as "horrendous".
"Unfortunately, due to an incorrect visa, she was denied entry into Canada," said Ms Burke's father Paul Burke. "When she tried to return to the US she was refused re-entry and classified as an 'illegal alien'. Despite being a tourist with no criminal record she was handcuffed and taken to a detention facility in Tacoma, Washington.”
Mr Burke said of the conditions his daughter was being kept in last week: "Becky’s current conditions are deeply concerning. She is sharing a cell, surviving on a diet of cold rice, potatoes, and beans (she is vegan), and has limited access to phone calls. Visitors are restricted to speaking through a glass screen via telephone. All her possessions have been confiscated and she feels isolated and desperate to come home.” He added: "What was meant to be a life-changing four-month backpacking trip across North America has turned into a nightmare."