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Ryanair to keep ‘racist’ Afrikaans test for S African passengers

South Africa's Department of Home Affairs said it was 'taken aback by the decision of this airline' [File: Martin Meissner/AP]

Low-cost carrier Ryanair will continue requiring South African passengers to take an Afrikaans test to enter the United Kingdom, despite receiving criticism of “backward profiling”, the company has said in a statement to the BBC.

Europe’s largest airline by passenger numbers does not operate flights to and from South Africa. So it requires any South African passport holder flying to Britain from elsewhere in Europe on the carrier, to prove their nationality.

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