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by defap 2571 days ago
According to Snopes [1], Belgium did eventually offer him residency — which he declined — after a ridiculous 7-year impasse where Belgium said he could only retrieve his lost refugee documents in person but France said he couldn’t leave the airport without said documents.

[1] https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stranded-at-the-airport/

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That sounds very Kafkaesque :(

(I hope I'm using the word right, first time xD)