Austrian Airlines, Austrian airport officials, and the CIC (Citizenship, Immigration, and Canada) banned a Rroma researcher from Hungary to board a plane to Toronto where she was scheduled to do research on fellow Hungarian Rroma who migrated to Canada recently, this in spite of having a valid EU passport, 1’000 dollars, and a return ticket.

This seems to be a consequence of several airlines being fined by Canada following them transporting Rroma who later asked for asylum or for immigration to that country. In any case, there is a presumption of innocence, and the researcher’s rights were clearly flouted in a bout of racial profiling.

• Canadian authorities ban Hungarian Roma researcher from boarding flight to Toronto. In: Hungarian Free Press. 11.05.2015. http://hungarianfreepress.com/2015/05/11/canadian-authorities-ban-hungarian-roma-researcher-from-boarding-flight-to-toronto/