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Discrimination and the Roma community, 2015
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Granada.
Access to goods and services.
Direct discrimination.
A non-Roma former post office employee
from Granada told us that she received an email from her regional supervisor warning post office workers in the
area to be very careful with Gypsies because they were constantly trying to pass off counterfeit notes at the
post office. The woman told us that this was wrong and discriminatory and she reported it to the trade union.
She also spoke with a journalist to get some press attention. The woman sent an official fax to the Director
General of the postal service but received no answer.
After checking the documents to confirm the story, we sent a letter to the regional post office headquarters
in Andalusia.
We did receive a positive response from the district manager with an apology for what had happened. He also
offered to collaborate to keep similar situations affecting Roma from happening in the future