Somali referee Artan barred from entering US

Posted by petepete on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @03:11AM
from the bbc.co.uk dept.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cnv9drg0qzgo

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Re:Somali referee Artan barred from entering US by spacedcowboy on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @03:48AM (#48457949)

F365 covering it as well [1]. They're a lttle more blunt - basically "American immigration is racist as fuck".

1: https://www.football365.com/news/nobody-surprised-as-us-deny...

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Re:Somali referee Artan barred from entering US by petepete on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @03:55AM (#48458011)

They certainly pull no punches.

If this is happening to award winning match officials, it doesn't bode well for the ordinary fans.

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Re:Somali referee Artan barred from entering US by adrian_b on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @04:14AM (#48458169)

Obviously, as you assume, for ordinary fans it has already been much worse:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx212p8r28eo

Organizing any international events in USA is a huge, unforgivable mistake, when it is well known that already for a long time USA has been a country hostile to foreign visitors.

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Re:Somali referee Artan barred from entering US by mc_mike on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @01:22PM (#48479579)

I mean he’s tied to terrorism so seems prudent to block his entry

https://thepostmillennial.com/somali-referee-banned-from-ent...

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Re:Somali referee Artan barred from entering US by KetoManx64 on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @04:10PM (#48481944)

Haven't you heard, non-whites are not capable of commiting any crimes and you are automatically racist If you suggest otherwise.

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