Ontario man stranded in Amsterdam by U.S. no-fly list back home

The Markham, Ont., man stranded in Amsterdam after he says he learnedhe was on the U.S. no-fly list has returned home to Canadian soil.

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Nanak Partap Singh had been travelling back to Toronto from Delhi when he made a connecting stop in the Netherlandson Oct. 12.

There, he had been unable to print off his boarding pass and was told to check in at a counter where he learned that he was unable to fly because his name had been flagged by the United States, Singh said last week.

'Very shaken'

It's unclear exactly when the Markham manreturned home, but his wife sent CBC News an email Tuesday night to confirm her husband was back in Toronto.

He's still missing his luggage and has been "very shaken" by the experience, Harpreet Dua wrote in abrief note.

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MPJanePhilpotttold CBC News on Friday thather office was aware of Singh'scase and was working with Global Affairs Canada to help him get home. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman would not confirm that Singh's name was on its no-fly list.

The so-called no-fly list has been routinely criticized by U.S. and international lawmakers and civil liberties groups who argue that the database targets racial minorities and also consistently turns up cases of mistaken identity.

If someone has a similar name to a person flagged on the list they may be denied the ability to check-in online or beprevented from flying; in Toronto earlier this year, a six-year-old boy's family told CBC News about how he had been flagged since he was a baby.