Ryanair forces South African customers to prove ID with Afrikaans test

Nationals have been barred from flights if they fail general knowledge quiz in language they may not speak

Ryanair is making South African nationals take a general knowledge test in Afrikaans to prove their nationality before they are allowed to board its planes in the UK and the rest of Europe, sparking accusations of racial discrimination. The airline has been telling South African passport holders, including UK residents, that they will be turned away unless they complete the test, despite Afrikaans being only the third most-spoken language in the country, and its history of enforced use under apartheid. South African travellers told the Financial Times that they were humiliated by the unannounced test, which Ryanair said had been prompted by cases of fake passports but was not an official UK requirement.

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