airport similar to the Tom Hanks film 'The Terminal' after he lost vital documents proving he was entitled to live in the UK.
From the Black Country in the West Midlands, Abdoulie Jobe said he got stuck in Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport while he tried to prove he was allowed to enter the UK.Forced to drink water from toilet taps, barely eating and sleeping in an airport lounge on uncomfortable seats, he says he was left “in limbo”.READ NEXT: EasyJet customer furious after two flights are cancelled costing her thousandsMr Jobe lost his biometric residence card ahead of his flight to France from Gambia, where he had been holidaying and visiting family.
That flight was just a connection before heading home to the UK.The card proved his right to live here but without it, he was unable to prove he was entitled to enter.Mr Jobe, who works in a supermarket, said he also wasn't allowed to leave the airport while he waited for his documentation to come through because he didn’t have a visa to enter France.
Left without a country, he was rejected by both France and the UK, he told BirminghamLive. While he was stuck there, he missed his son’s 12th birthday."I got to check-in and they said without the card I wouldn't be able to fly"."I showed them all the documents, which had the card's unique reference number on - it shows what's on the biometric card."They said immigration in the UK would not allow me to fly.
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