Racial discrimination at its best! (1)

On December 19, my son took route bus No. 29 from Valletta terminus to Żejtun, leaving Valletta at about 12.45 p.m. As soon as the bus was leaving the terminus, a dark skinned immigrant (irrespective whether he was irregular or not) boarded the bus. When he went to the driver to pay his fare, the driver told him to get down as the bus was full.

All the passengers noted that this was not the case. The immigrant insisted that he was not getting off the bus as, obviously, he could see that the bus was not full. But the driver kept insisting he should get off. Most of the passengers, including tourists, were very angry at the driver's attitude and such racial discrimination. The tourists said it was a shame that such discrimination existed in Malta.

To make matters worse, the driver stopped the bus at the Valletta bus terminus police station, where he went to speak to the policemen on duty who, in turn, came to remove the immigrant from the bus and held him until the bus left, boarding passengers from Floriana.

The driver and the policemen involved should be reprimanded for such discriminatory behaviour.

The immigrant had every right to board the bus and the policemen had the duty to safeguard his right. Or were they afraid of the driver?