fiance and two-year-old daughter went through at the hands of "Gestapo-like'' Bermuda Immigration officers.

An angry Mr. Hans Olander said that upon arriving in Bermuda last month, his fiance Martha Mora and their child Louisa were refused entry.

Miss Mora was allowed to make only one phone call and was not allowed to say in which hotel she was, Mr. Olander claimed. And in the morning she and Louisa were sent back to Costa Rica.

Mr. Olander has had to fork out at least $3,000 to fly them back. He charged the treatment of his fiance and child was "yet another example of the unpleasant, unreasonable and Gestapo-like treatment at the airport''.

Immigration Minister the Hon. Irving Pearman last night promised to look into the incident -- which comes on the heels of two other visitor complaints about Immigration.

He said it was normal procedure for someone to be held in a "controlled environment'' if entry was disallowed and there was no immediate flight out.

Miss Mora, a health club owner, arrived at about 10 p.m. on August 7 from Costa Rica via New York.

She had two return tickets, valid passports and a letter stating she was here to get married and spoke no English.

Mr. Olander said she had been told by the US Embassy in her country she did not need a visa to get into America as long as a security guard escorted her between flights. Mr. Olander added the travel agent he booked her ticket through had said she didn't need a visa to get into Bermuda.

Mr. Olander became concerned and asked to speak to a someone in charge when, after two hours, his fiance had not exited the airport.

He said after a while an airline employee arrived at the Immigration window and told him his fiance and daughter would be taken to an undisclosed location under the care of a security firm and then put on the first available flight out.

In desperation, he telephoned the acting chief Immigration officer at home. He said the official told him they were being sent back because they did not have US transit visas and needed them due to pre-clearance by US Immigration here.

Not satisfied, he called the US Consulate emergency number and was told he could change the tickets to return to Costa Rica via Canada, where transit visas would not have been required. But, he said Bermuda Immigration and Continental Airlines refused to let him.

At about 2 a.m. a security guard called to say it was against the rules, but he would allow Miss Mora to speak to him because she was "hysterical''.

He claimed a US Immigration official at the airport said she was willing to allow Miss Mora to stay, however, Bermuda Immigration was not.

When Miss Mora arrived at the airport at about 7 a.m., he was able to talk to her and she related the events of the night, including that she had been denied milk because the hotel's kitchen was closed.

Two weeks later they arrived back in Bermuda via Canada, he said.

Mr. Olander demanded to know why he was denied access to his family, why no food was provided and why no efforts were made to provide an interpreter.

BACK IN BERMUDA -- Mr. Hans Olander's Costa Rican fiance and his two-year-old daughter Louisa are back in Bermuda following a "nightmare'' ordeal at the airport. Bermuda Immigration had sent them back to Costa Rica on the next flight out, refusing to let them see Mr. Olander. He had to come up with at least $3,000 to bring them back.