India, July 1 -- A viral account by a US content creator has prompted mixed reactions after she claimed that border authorities held a Pakistani man at the Turkey-Bulgaria crossing despite him having proper EU documents. The incident, she said, showed how travel can still be shaped by prejudice.

Jenny, a travel vlogger who showed her American passport in a video, wrote on Instagram that the whole incident was "sickening".

"What should've been a simple border crossing from Turkiye to Bulgaria turned into a 3-hour delay, all because one passenger had a Pakistani passport. He was questioned for hours. Not once, but by multiple officers, as if simply having a Pakistani passport was reason enough to treat him with suspicion," she continued....