![]() ![]() ![]() After being looked after by the French Red Cross, Sir Alfred was transferred to a homeless reception centre in Paris, where he has lived since 2008.Īditya Singh, a 36-year-old man from California, was arrested on 16 January after Chicago O’Hare airport authorities found that he had been living in a restricted area of the airport since 19 October 2020. In 2006, Karimi Nasseri was allowed to leave the airport to go to a hospital after contracting an unknown illness. He spent his life in the terminal with a collection of suitcases and boxes, surviving thanks to the help of passengers and staff while fighting for his case with the help of a French lawyer. Around 1988, he decided to travel from Belgium to the UK to look for his birth mother but his documents were lost or stolen on the way, though this last detail was never clarified.Īfter a back-and-forth between the different countries, Sir Alfred boarded a plane from Charles de Gaulle with London as his destination, but was sent back to the French airport, which became his home for almost two decades. In the UK, he studied Yugoslav Studies at the University of Bradford but, after incurring some economic and family problems, headed back to Tehran, where he was arrested for allegedly opposing the Shah’s regime.Īfter several applications for asylum, in 1981 Sir Alfred obtained his refugee status in Belgium, where he lived and studied. Some accounts state he was born in 1945, while others say it was 1947 or 1953.Īs for his family history, he said he was the son of an Iranian doctor working for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, but some of those details, specifically his mother’s nationality, remain unclear.Īccording to GQ, Karimi Nasseri left Iran for the UK after being told he was born as result of an affair between his father and a Scottish nurse. As reported by many outlets, including a 2003 GQ article, his date of birth is not known. The details of Karimi Nasseri’s story still remain blurry 15 years after it came to an end. Also known Sir Alfred, Mehran Karimi Nasseri became the world’s most famous airport dweller after living in Paris Charles de Gaulle airport from 26 August 1988 until July 2006. ![]()
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