ethnic-related questions by immigration officer

10/24/2019 7:13:49 PM

I’m afraid if you consider these questions too intrusive, you won’t want to visit many countries, not just Morocco. Questions about ethnic origin are common. India, for example, wants to know about Pakistani ancestry, even if you were born somewhere else (e.g., USA). My mother was very offended when the Jordanian border guard flat-out asked her if she were Jewish, although she didn’t seem to mind when the Israeli border guard asked her if she knew Hebrew. I was asked about Greek ancestry entering Cyprus (Lazarus is patron saint of Cyprus, but I have zero Greek ancestry.) Et cetera.

I suggest answering truthfully. And I can’t see any countries agreeing to any sort of convention that would preclude these queries.

Most of these questions, perhaps all, wouldn’t happen in a better world. But.

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