21 year old NY student faces Dubai jail after appalling treatment at airport

Elizabeth Polanco De Los Santos faces hefty fines and prison time after being accused of “assaulting and insulting” Dubai airport staff. Elizabeth faced degrading, painful and humiliating searches when she transited through the international hub from Istanbul to New York.

Elizabeth is a hardworking New Yorker studying business arts student at Lehman College while working as operations manager in retail. After losing her 44 year old father and undergoing a surgery, she needed some time off and decided to accompany her friend to Istanbul for a few days. Unfortunately, the duo chose Dubai instead of Paris to stopover on the way home where she had only intended to spend ten hours. “We thought it would be a more modern and futuristic city but we were completely wrong”.