“No! Litoo-aynia, Yoo-kray-nia, Roo-may-nia – this way!” a Frankfurt airport staffer yelled as I tried to scan my biometric passport. She wanted to direct me to a line at a counter and away from a machine that serves EU passports exclusively. I promised her that the biometric scanner would accept my passport. “Well, congratulations,” she said, […]
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