Asian Mep Claims He Was 'Treated Like a Terrorist' at Airports

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AN ASIAN European Parliament member has called on the EU to rule out "ethnic profiling" of air travellers in the wake of the alleged transatlantic bombing plot after being treated like a suspected terrorist.

Claude Moraes, a Labour MEP for London, said he had twice been subjected to full body searches at airports for "travelling while Asian" - even when he was carrying the special diplomatic passport given to members of the EU parliament. On two other occasions - one in front of other MEPs at Strasbourg - he was almost thrown off overbooked planes.

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Asian Mep Claims He Was 'Treated Like a Terrorist' at Airports

Writing in the Leftwing magazine Tribune, Mr Mora...

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