Originally Posted by Internaut
If KLM are doing this at NBO then it must be based on something (skin colour/African passport???) because the staff there have never attempted to take a copy of my passport. What did amuse me on my last NBO-AMS flight was the immigration checks as soon as we got of the plane.
They do these gate immigration checks for many flights from "third world' countries and other places with connecting flights from "third world" countries. Not only in AMS, but I have experienced the same in FRA and CDG.