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Holiday dreams dashed by Home Affairs red tape

Source: Sunday Times News, 27/12/2015

Gifts intended for eight-year-old Riley Fernandez and his two-year-old
sister Emmie lie unopened under a Christmas tree in Boksburg.

Riley and Emmie, from Blackburn, England, didn't get to spend
Christmas with their ailing South African grandparents after their
17-day dream holiday to South Africa was ruined last Saturday.

Turkish Airlines refused to allow Riley to board the Johannesburg flight.

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