A British Muslim teacher has been denied entry to the United States after being taken off a flight without explanation.
Maths teacher Juhel Miah was escorted off a US-bound flight by security staff while he was on a school trip with students traveling from Iceland’s capital Reykjavik to New York, according to a report published by the Guardian on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old, whose first name is Mohammed but is known as Juhel, was born in Birmingham and brought up in Wales’ Swansea. He said he had a visa which was valid until 2019 and had no criminal records.
The young teacher was in charge of eight pupils and said there were a total of 39 pupils and five members of school staff on the trip.
“Everyone looked at me like I’d done something wrong, it made me feel really small, even though it shouldn’t have. I repeatedly asked on what ground they were kicking me off the flight, no-one could give me an answer,” Miah said.
“The only thing I can put it down to…