Eighty-five South Korean travelers were ordered to fly back after they were denied entry into the United States earlier this week, foreign ministry here said Tuesday.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the South Korean Consulate General in Atlanta was notified on Monday that 85 South Korean passport holders were refused US entry at Atlanta International Airport in Georgia on Sunday and were ordered to leave the country.
Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The travelers arrived at the airport via two separate flights. All of them tried to enter the US through the Electronic System for Travel Authorization, a travel document under the South Korea-US visa waiver program.Travelers wait in line to go through the security area at Reagan National Airport on November 21, 2016 in Arlington, Virginia. Heavy air travel is expected for this Thanksgiving holiday and weekend. (AFP-Yonhap)
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