Racism in Poland (at Gdansk airport)

these days chink doesnt just refer to chinese, but all south asian countries.

And anyway, I thought you called them "Gooks" over there, not Chinks.

Some people were born that way

Many Vietnamese people are notoriously singled out at polish airports - especially in Warsaw and Cracow, as they are an easy source of bribe for customs oficers. My grandma was stopped many times at Okecie airport, and had her luggage examined thoroughly by officers who - as they have honestly admitted - were searching for some valuables, pretty things or souvenirs that could be commandeered ( meaning kept for themselves as a spoil). In another incident I was examined by 8 oficers, also at charming Okecie airport, who were looking for things that they could charge me for, ie drugs or illegal chemical substance. As a result they were studying every single thing that I had in my luggage, starting from my clothes (they thought I had "molecules of heroine sewn into cotton threads'') , ending on my souvenirs ( a wooden turtle which was obviously empty inside - it made no sound when shaked, but uberintelligent oficer still claimed it had drugs hiden within). After 3 hours of compulsorily spending time with those 8 oficers, who understood terms of "humanity" and "civilisation" in slightly different way than the majority of human beings I was free to go, but I felt sorry ( and I still do) for them and their inferiority complex as they claimed that they "can't stand even looking at those yellow creatures". My grandmother, a elegant, eloquent and courteous person with PhD degree is very considerate every time when we are forced to deal with them at customs, but unfortunately they don't quite get how she is head and shoulders above them, they always threat Vietnamese people like dirt. It is a fact that every Vietnamese are singled out every time they arrive at Okecie and asked for bribe ( quotation "you can avoid 3 hours of examination but it will cost you $100 ). Even my grandma once had to give them bribe because she was feeling very sick (she has heart disease), but the oficer wouldn't let her go unless she paid him, so she had no choice as she was close to fainting. This is the sad reality of polish customs.
Off top : Racist who are proud of their country- don't expect your country feels the same about you. I have a lot of Polish friends, but I have to admit that they are educated, well-brought up people without criminal background.

I just reported this post as a purely anti-Polish propaganda lacking of any facts, full of prejudices and innuendos. Just a bashing.

What I will say is that strikes me as false. They are not that pedantic and I doubt they would signal people out like that.

The suspicion was clearly based on nothing other than racism.

I personally think that if there's going to be immigration to Poland, the country could do a lot wore than Vietnamese - who are hard working, create wealth (improving the economy, no welfre immigration for them) and assimilate well to Polish norms.

Although anymore immigration of non-Europeans should be stopped

Hundreds of thousands of passengers had arrived in Poland, but you are the only one that been asked for a bribe.

where is your proof that the rest of the people haven't been asked for a bribe? :)

The officers are innocent unless proven guilty. You shall know that.

everybody knows that there is nothing easier then bribe a cop in Poland... are you getting the connection?

What kind of an argument is that - "Everybody knows"?

1) The Vietnam citizens are thoroughly checked on their arrival in Poland.
It is a customs officers duty, isn't it?
If you have got nothing to hide, there is nothing to be afraid of, right?
Unless, of course, you are traveling on the poorly faked papers with some contraband in you luggage. Obviously - even if you are innocent - there are a lot of your countryman that had tried to be sneaky. Blame them, not the officers. The officers are just doing their job. They are not racists. They are just learned their lesson about the arrivals from Vietnam. I would call it a "professionalism".

2) The bribes. There is no other proofs than your words. Hundreds of thousands of passengers had arrived in Poland, but you are the only one that been asked for a bribe. And the officers asked you for it and explained the situation. They are freely and openly admited that they want a bribe from you. I wonder in which language they said it? Vietnamese? Polish? English? Or maybe it is your imaginary language, heh?

You are lucky, because if that would be up to me, I would never let to arrive to any person, who would call a Poland a sh***y place. I would ask you politely but firmly to get back to Vietnam - the rose garden. And to stay there.

it will be easy to find any reason to deport him/her. And if those deported people choose to continue their -now illegal- stay in Poland, they won't be able to benefit from ie health service, assurances or public schools, universities. So don't be surprised that so many Vietnamese keep their racially unjust encounters with Polish customs officers in silence.

That's not gonna happen. At most the country can set up rational limits, try to enforce them, not hand out welfare for immigrants and take a zero-tolerance attitude toward crime - convicted and you're shipped back to your own country, even if it's a very bad place.

Whilst I appreciate you say your country is having an economic boom, this probably doesnt reach the villages where people are still dirt poor (this is an expression not an insult)

on a weekly basis considerable amounts of Chinese nationals (aparently China is booming too) and Vietnamese nationals try to get into Britain (via France in lorries with plastic bags over there heads to try to evade the CO2 detectors) - I think you might have taken them doing their job properly (actually checking you have the correct papers)

as an insult, I also find it hard to believe that they tried to extort money from your grandmother, maybe she just missunderstood (I understand that this kind of thing is common in certain other countries, yours to name one).

I understand that this kind of thing is common in certain other countries, yours to name one)

The unfortunate thing is whilst nationals of certain countires try to enter certain other countries illegally, all those from these countries will be penialised - it just so happens that these people have a different skin tone.

aparently China is booming too

Oh dear! They thought I traveled on a false passport, and brought a magnifier to study the photo for 30 minutes! The man studying the passport had to rub his eyes many times but still would not let me go. I had to watch this clown activity 'amusingly' for 30 minutes.

The suspicion was clearly based on nothing other than racism

And what an absurd - covering a head with a plastic bag? Either you suffocate or CO2 spreads around, therefore gase diffusion would raised an alarm within max. 5 minutes. Unless the temperature was -273 C, but in that case those people would be dead anyway. So change the CO2 detectors or close the border, whatever makes you satisfied.

Deducting from your words, they must've had acces to France by obtaining a visa,

Believe whatever you want, after all everyone is theoretically supposed to have one's own brain. But it is sufficient to me that UN, AI and European Commission agencies, Anti-Racism Alliances, Action Groups trust my words, and I hope it will change the current situation.

Please name one country that is not troubled with corruption. Only one - and it shall be called a miracle.

Are you colour-blinded too? Congrats! It is nice thing to say that Ukrainian, Belarusian and Russian immigrants are considered equal with Asians.

You sound like you had a bad experience..either carry it or off load it...

What gets me is people like you, yes I did say "you"...expect the rest of the world to give you what you dont get at home.

Put your owe house in order and then...maybe then I will respect your posts..Until then..

BTW one of my best friends in childhood was Vietnamese..but one person does not make nation so I not going to say..I love all Vietnamese people...

A three-year-old sniffer Collie dog called Buddy, exposed 10 male clandestines hiding in a truck load of tyres heading for Basildon.

The men from Iran, Iraq and Vietnam were sniffed out at Calais and the UK Border Agency (UKBA) handed them over to the French authorities.

The Polish trucker and his employer now each face a civil penalty of up to £2,000 per stowaway if they are found not to have taken adequate steps to secure the load.

It must be nice in that land you live in..these people will do whatever it takes to get to my island..

nowadays the economical boom is for the moment limited to larger cities and people who have a capital enabling them to invest/multiple their money, whereas in remote areas people are able to get a loan capital, but there are also cases when, instead of waiting for a result of a laborious investment, they choose an easier way - entering a country illegally and profiting from western europe's economical advantages.

and then tell me, do we have a duty to ensure that our countries must be protected from illegal immigrants, Im sure your country feels the same?

(people trafficing)

We both know that this isnt true, all found in lorrys have no documents whatsover - or did they just lose them?

In my country all children go to school and all people no matter their circumstances are treated in hospital..no payments needed..can you say the same? Its all about the level of corruption and how it affects the common person...

Immigrants are Immigrants regardless of colour in the UK..But lets just say 3rd word nationls are more prone to breaking immigration laws.

on a weekly basis considerable amounts of Chinese nationals (aparently China is booming too) and Vietnamese nationals try to get into Britain (via France in lorries with plastic bags over there heads to try to evade the CO2 detectors)

So we are told that of the 5,000 trucks a day that pass through Calais, three-quarters of them are checked for people. We are told that by doing so 12,000 people were prevented from entering the UK in 2007. But at no point does the programme seriously question the terrible conditions in the makeshift camps dotted around the port in which those who are desperate to enter exist. 'If you don't catch them you don't feel like your doing your job', one immigration officer explains. And considerable time is spent showing them 'doing their job'.

Generalization again. What an idealistic approach - tax is not money.

In Vietnam 90% of children go to school.

Good for you..In the UK its 100% and the rest of Europe and North and South America