Emirates 'lifts ban on Tunisian women'
Dubai-based Emirates airline has retracted an earlier statement
banning Tunisian women from its flights to the United Arab Emirates
(UAE), Tunisian media has quoted a statement by the company as saying.
Privately-owned Mosaique FM radio had originally posted on its website a copy of the statement it said
had been distributed to Tunisian passengers, informing them that "with immediate effect all Tunisian Females Nationals are
denied entry to the UAE".
This also applied to customers transferring in Dubai for onward flights, the statement said.
Mosaique FM reported a
state of confusion at Carthage Airport in Tunis and subsequently posted videos
of passengers expressing their frustration.
The "temporary" ban
had been issued by the UAE government, the original statement said, and
Emirates airlines was "required to strictly adhere" to it.
The only exception to this were Tunisian women holding a UAE resident visa or diplomatic passport, it added.
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