The Austrian Equal Treatment Commission has intervened following a letter from employees of the Neusiedl am See district police command warning the public about Roma and Sinti. Intended as crime prevention information to combat fraud, the now-deleted text of a Facebook post used “a term perceived as discriminatory regarding the Roma ethnic group,” the ministry stated.

Now the interior Ministry is also investigating.

• Polizeischreiben zu Roma und Sinti in Neusiedl: Innenministerium hat sich eingeschaltet. In: Der Standard. 09.05.2026. https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000320112/polizeischreiben-zu-roma-und-sinti-in-neusiedl-innenministerium-hat-sich-eingeschaltet