Originally Posted by
stimpy
Well IME means "in my experience" and I was mostly referring to people who appear to be of African nationality or descent. And I have witnessed this many times, including to French citizens who have African heritage. Including people I travel with. Yet I as a white person have never been stopped after hundreds of entries into Europe.
I have witnessed this many times as well, while I (a white woman) have never been stopped there.
They do seem to be stamping passports pretty regularly now.