Comedian Eric André says he was racially discriminated against at the airport

American comedian Eric André says he was the victim of racist discrimination at Melbourne Airport.

The Emmy-nominated host of the “Eric André Show” said he traveled from Los Angeles to Brisbane, Australia, for filming, stopping off in Melbourne where he was “put on a special line” and “thoroughly sniffed by a dog.”

“This is one of the many times I have been a victim of racial discrimination at the airport,” André, 41, said in an Instagram video on Sunday, warning spectators flying over Melbourne to “please be careful.”

“They’re looking for black, brown and indigenous people,” he said.

An airport spokesman told NBC News on Tuesday: “Melbourne Airport does not tolerate any form of racism.”

“We welcome all passengers to Melbourne and expect everyone to be treated equally,” the spokesman said in a statement.

The spokesman added that the airport had asked the Australian Border Force and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) to investigate and that those agencies had responded to André.

In a statement, a DAFF spokesperson said all passengers arriving in Australia “will undergo a biosecurity screening process, for example for fresh fruit or vegetables, plants and food or soil on shoes or recreational equipment”.

As part of the checks, the spokesman said, travelers could be subjected to an X-ray baggage inspection or “an individual inspection and unpacking of the baggage or a general inspection with the help of our well-trained dogs.”

“Every traveller entering Australia will experience some or all of these screening measures,” the spokesman added.

The Australian Border Force referred NBC News to its comment on Andrés Instagram post on Monday, which said it was not involved in the incident.

André asked anyone who hired him for work in Australia in the future to provide him with a security escort through Melbourne Airport or, given his travel route, give him the option to avoid it altogether.

“I don’t feel safe at Melbourne Airport. I don’t want to be humiliated or racially discriminated against at these airports anymore,” he said.

He asked his followers for tips on lawyers for discrimination cases in Australia and for information on a “nonsensical Giuliani-style stop-and-frisk program” that he criticized as ineffective.

“I don’t want to cut my hair and wear a three-piece suit so I can be treated like a first-class citizen,” André said in the video. “I shouldn’t feel like I’m not accepted when I enter a country.”

Two years ago, André and fellow comedian and actor Clayton English filed a lawsuit against a drug-suppression program at Atlanta’s airport, claiming police criminalized them and illegally stopped them because of their race. After the lawsuit was dismissed, they appealed in January.