http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8534030.stm"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.
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".
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.
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