On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Nico Williams <nico@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > All that said, I've been harassed by Customs in Japan and Canada, and I > have heard harassment stories in Argentina (where I hail from) and > elsewhere. My impression and experience is that Europeans customs are > the least likely to harass visitors. If we are going to base our decision on anecdotal experiences, my worst encounters have all been in Europe. I don't think that means anything other than my worst encounters have an an odd pattern. I also know people who have been detained and denied entry into Canada because the Canadians believed them to be violent criminals. They weren't, but because the Canadians have arrest records but not conviction/acquittal records from other countries there tend to be misunderstandings (btw, the US does this as well, not picking on Canada). In my opinion, statistics will better inform this discussion. -andy