Eva Vlaardingerbroek

I have no right to appeal.

That's what it stated in the email.

for the crime, quote unquote, of giving my opinion.

And so that is bad.

That's not a normal way for things to happen in so-called free societies.

So no matter what you think my opinions are, if they're right, wrong, radical, not radical,

Should it be a ground for a government to say to a woman with no criminal record whatsoever, who wants to visit a country for, you know, just a couple of days, once a year, maybe tops to say, no, you're not allowed, but we are going to allow thousands of illegal immigrants to cross the channel every day and enter the UK.

And nobody's asking them anything.

They're not asking their passports, let alone whether they're asking if they're conducive to the public good.

I mean, that is an incredibly dystopian thing to read, since when is being conducive to the public good a requirement to enter a country?

And also, who decides that?

And why do I have no right to appeal?

You know, those are...

serious things in countries that claim to uphold the rule of law, that claim to be democracies.

And I guess we already knew, you know, that those were, let's say, illusions in our countries at this point.

But to have it

you know, happen to you in such a personal manner.

Like, yeah, I now realize that I cannot go and visit many of my friends.

I can't go to the next rally, which is planned for May.

I cannot set foot in a country that I otherwise love.