The United States of America: The German tourists are detained, interrogated and deported upon their arrival in Hawaii US
German tourists, 18 and 19, were held by the American border guard and were deported to Hawaii in late March. The news is now known. The successive cases of deportation registered in the United States, including those who travel with the documents and parking required to enter the country, cause great rest periods in the US tourism sector and Washington may lead to losing thousands of millions of dollars.
Charlotte Paul, 19, and Maria Liberi, 18, left from New Zealand to the United States, but the American authorities refused to enter Hawaii, although both have the necessary documents for the trip. under Visa exemption program, or The waiver visaDozens of countries, including Germany, are allowed to stay short in the United States without the need to request a prior visa.
However, like what happened in Portugal, Germany recently updated it The councils for travelers They intend to move to the United States, or warn that a visa or travel license “does not constitute the right to automatic entry” in the country, as it is the final decision made by agents on the border.
According to Charlotte Paul and Maria Liberi testimonies, the local newspaper cited it Ostsee ZeitungAfter several hours, she was detained, the young women were Repeat (After forcing him to take off his clothes), taking into account the interrogation and informing her that she will be deported.
The newspaper itself contacted by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs that it accompanied the case and provided diplomatic support to young people while they were arrested in Honolulu, the largest city in that American archipelago.
“We have already heard of what was going on in the United States. But at that time we did not think it happened to the Germans. Maybe we were naive,” says Maria Liberi.
The young woman was deported from Rostock, a city in northeastern Germany, to Japan at his request. Then they kept a trip to Qatar and another from Qatar to Germany.
After nearly three weeks, they are still trying to understand what is motivated Deportation. “They suspected that we have not kept staying for five weeks in Hawaii,” explains Charlotte Paul. “We wanted to travel automatically, as we already did in Thailand and New Zealand,” he added. His plan was to stay in Hawaii until the end of April, when they would leave Los Angeles, and from there to Costa Rica.
In March, where more arrests and deportation stories were reported in the United States, Flights From foreign citizens to the country, it decreased by almost 10 % compared to last year.
Portuguese trips to the United States declined during March by 18.6 % compared to the same period last year. In Germany, one of the largest tour of tourist travel was recorded, a decrease of 28.2 % in 2024.
Goldman Sachs estimates that in the worst scenario, Tourism The boycott of American products will be able to translate to a loss of about 90 billion dollars (0.3 % of the US GDP) to the American economy, a value that does not include continuous trade war losses and radical reduction in the public administration dictated by the Donald Trump government.
