[fyfy18]

This is exactly it - the airline is responsible for returning you home if you are denied entry to a country.

My wife used to work as an air stewardess, and one of her longer flights was a 16 hour non-stop flight from Dubai to Brazil. This involved a 3 day layover, and on the inbound flight she saw some (rather tired) passengers who had been on the outbound flight.

Apparently they were denied entry, however it was too late for them to go back on the same aircraft, so they had to wait in the airport (airside) for the next flight.

[V-2]

Right, so that goes back to my original point - it's other countries not letting a passport-less person in. The airlines have no other choice but to accept the fact.

[chrismcb]

An airline denied my passport (had gone through the wash) I had just returned from Canada and had used the passport, in the same condition, in the country I was going to. But the airline didn't care. They said they could be fined $25000 for bringing a passenger without a valid passport plus they would have to return me.