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France’s national railway company banned its black and North African employees from working during President Shimon Peres’ visit last month over fears they “might be Muslim,” newspapers in Britain reported overnight Monday.
According to the Daily Mail, the alleged discrimination took place when Peres arrived at the Gare du Nord in Paris, the hub for high-speed trains travelling to cities including London, on March 8.
The SUD-Rail transport union filed an official complaint saying everything was done to ensure there were “no Muslim employees to welcome the head of the State of Israel,” according to the British newspaper.
Peres and a delegation of other senior Israeli officials arrived on a morning train from Belgium and were greeted by staff from SNCF, France’s national railway, and their baggage-handling subsidiary, ITIREMIA.
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