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01.07.2023 - 12:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The £3,000 dream holiday of University of Manchester student and his pal ended before it started when they were booted out of the Caribbean after just four hours - and they say they have no idea why.
Electrical engineer, Molly Kelly, and student, Oliver Wright, both 22, were put on a return fligth to Manchester from Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic after a brief and distressing visit. While Oliver had walked through customs with no problems, Molly was taken aside for further questioning before her passport was branded with a large, red 'nulo' stamp, meaning 'invalid'.
After bursting into tears and trying without success to gain an understanding of what she'd done wrong, Molly and Oliver boarded a plane that took them straight back to the UK. Now they are trying to find out what went wrong and whether TUIwill refund them any of the money they spent on the luxury 10-day holiday.
The pair, from Anglesey, North Wales, claim they were left “completely in the dark as to what was happening, why, and where it would go from here”, The Mirror reports.
Molly claims she has no criminal record and there's nothing in her past that would mean she's refused entry. She says a border official mentioned "justice" and "Colombia" when she pushed for an explanation - a country neither her nor Oliver have been to.
"Throughout the flight and while waiting at the gate, we had other passengers making comments, giving dirty looks such as 'we don’t want to be on the same flight as these criminals', only further adding to our distress and trauma," said Molly, describing the journey home.
She added: "The way they treated us, and are denying access to information is abhorrent." Oliver, a pharmacology student at the University of Manchester, and
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