Woman challenged over ID at Belfast City Airport paid £2,000 by Home Office

The Home Office has apologised and paid £2,000 to a woman who claimed she had been racially discriminated against by an airport immigration officer, the Northern Ireland Equality Commission has said.

Woman challenged over ID at Belfast City Airport paid £2,000 by Home Office

The Home Office has apologised and paid £2,000 to a woman who claimed she had been racially discriminated against by an airport immigration officer, the Northern Ireland Equality Commission has said.

The black woman, a British citizen, alleged she was stopped by the officer who then asked for identification and told her she "looked foreign".

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