A backpacker detained in the US is back home in Wales after an emotional airport reunion, her father has confirmed. Becky ...

A tourist held in the US for 19 days was removed in chains like Hannibal Lecter, according to her parents. Becky Burke, 28, ...

Rebecca Burke, who returned to the UK on Tuesday, was led on to a plane in chains ‘like Hannibal Lecter’, her father said.

The family of comic creator RE Burke, aka Becky Burke, have issued a detailed statement about her recent detention nightmare in the United States, asking for it to be shared so that the many thousands ...

Burke had stayed with a host family in Portland, Oregon, performing chores for lodging, and had plans to stay with another ...

After three weeks of detention in the USA, British tourist and comic book creator R.E. Burke - or Becky Burke - is being ...

Rebecca Burke, a 28-year-old graphic artist from Monmouthshire, endured a 19-day detention in a US facility. Ms Burke was detained by US immigration officials despite believing she had followed ...

In March 2025, a claim spread that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained British tourist Becky Burke in Washington state after she was refused entry into the U.S. Snopes readers wrote ...

Becky Burke with her parents Paul and Andrea before she was held for 19 days in a US detention facility (Family handout) The father of a young woman held for almost three weeks in a US detention ...

Becky Burke, 28, arrived home in Wales on Tuesday from her ordeal which began half way through a backpacking trip across North America. Parents Paul and Andrea Burke, of Portskewett, Monmouthshire ...

Rebecca Burke was trying to cross from the US into Canada when a visa mix-up saw her handcuffed and taken to a detention facility in the States - where she has now been held for 14 days.