French rail SNCF sorry for 'racist' alert on Romanians

[Savonarola]

Another victory for the thieving gypsies.  WAKE UP EUROPE!

French rail SNCF sorry for 'racist' alert on Romanians 



Rail bosses said they "neither endorsed nor supported" the note
French national rail operator SNCF has apologised for a note that singled out Romanians over baggage thefts and triggered accusations of xenophobia.

The note asked employees to bring "all activities of Romanians" to the attention of rail security services.

The note was distributed at the end of January in the Midi-Pyrenees region.

SNCF said the note was a "regrettable individual initiative" and had been recalled as soon as regional train officials learnt about it.

An SNCF spokesperson told the BBC that the official responsible for the note had been summoned along with their superiors, and had been reminded of the "obligations and culture of the SNCF".

She said the matter was being dealt with internally.

'Racist'

The note was published on the French news site Rue89 after one of their contributors noticed it on a local train on 1 February.

It read: "In the last few weeks concerns have arisen about Romanians. Indeed, numerous baggage thefts have been noticed.

"We ask you to redouble your vigilance. In addition, all the activities of Romanians should be brought to the attention of the PCNS [rail security services]."

The Sud-Rail trade union was quoted by local media as denouncing the note as "racist".

"These ideas, in a general context in which xenophobia and the stigmatisation of immigrants is becoming more intolerable each day, have to be condemned in the strongest manner," the union said.

SNCF issued a statement on Tuesday saying the note had been intended to draw attention to "an increase in thefts committed on certain trains".

It apologised for the note, saying it had been drawn up in a way that the company "neither endorsed nor supported", adding that the duty of SNCF staff was to protect goods and persons "without distinction of origin, social class or nationality".

[The Brain]

 

[Duque de Bragança]

Rom seems to be an ambiguous term for some people. Score another victory for the PC crusaders!

Sud Rail (civil servant) trade union  Always on strike and their language skills are not that good

As a matter of fact, there are more gypsies in the South of France but most of them were somewhat French until recently...

[Tamas]

 

[Viking]

They were probably trying to avoid being raciss towards gyppos by using another term.

[Martinus]

reminded of the "obligations and culture of the SNCF".

Precisely. In the best tradition of the SNCF, you only pay attention to the gypsies if they try to escape from the cattle trains. 

[Martinus]

That's what you get when you put a Hungarian at the helm.

[DisturbedPervert]

They were probably trying to avoid being raciss towards gyppos by using another term.

Yeah, otherwise I'm not sure how you're supposed to tell who the Romanians are

[Tamas]

ROMAnians

[Martinus]

I think this article operates from a false premise that gypsies and Romanians are somehow distinct groups. In Poland, we have Romanian beggars and the word "Romanian" has become synonymous for a thieving beggar.

[PDH]

Romanians are making it the Paris of France.