“Can the lifeguard throw my mother out too?” Questions like these occupied the school children after the incident, says Elke Aigner, Managing Director of SOS Human Rights. As reported, the association had sounded the alarm about discrimination: A volunteer school assistant from Somalia, who wore a headscarf, was kicked out of the Schörgenhubbad in Linz because – according to the operator Linz AG – she had been in the swimming area wearing street clothes. According to the bathing regulations, this is forbidden and applies to everyone, regardless of their origin.
Being kicked out is annoying – burkini yes, underpants no: you are allowed to do that in bathrooms
