Subject: Re: U.S. Consular Officials' Behavior
From: Mischa Gabowitsch (gabowits@clipper.ens.fr)
Date: Thu Oct 28 1999 - 12:50:36 EDT
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Bill Parks wrote:
> All in all, the treatment of visa applicants by Western embassies, from my
> observations is arbitrary and often borders on cruel. As a consequence,
> it really gives many foreigners a negative first impression. And since
> embassies and counsuls are representatives of our countries abroad, we
> should demand they put their best foot forward. Sadly, this is not always
> the case.
If anyone has the time, it might be a worthwhile idea to create a
database/web site devoted to cases like this one. I have
witnessed many myself (particularly in the German embassy in
Moscow, but also, vice-versa, in Russian consulates abroad) and
I've never had the feeling that anyone cared about what
happened about the serious abuse of human dignity often involved.
Has anyone brought cases like that to the attention of (e.g.) the
German government?
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