A British family say they were left “humiliated” after being banned from wearing burkinis in the swimming pool while on holiday in Portugal. Maryya Dean and her sister-in-law Hina claim they were told they “must wear a bikini to follow Portuguese culture” before being out thrown out by hotel staff. The 36-year-old mum from Chessington also accused a maintenance worker at the pool in Albufeira of using her nine-year-old daughter, who was wearing a swimming costume, as an example of what she should be wearing. She told the Mirror Online: “The man started making cultural references and said that Portuguese people wear bikinis and so should we.
“I was compared to my nine-year-old daughter who was told to stand up out of the pool to see what she was wearing which I found completely rude. I was told I should wear that to swim.” Maryya added: “We were embarrassed as we came out of the pool with with four children and people were watching us like we’d committed a crime.”
Maryya was on a week-long holiday with her four children, sister-in-law and other relatives when she was forced to defend her choice to wear a covered swim suit in the Algarve. Hina said the pair were wearing a three quarter length top and leggings, which were waterproof, for “religious, cultural, confidence and comfort reasons”.
Burkinis are swimsuits for women which cover the entire body apart from the face. Last year many places in France banned women from wearing burkinis on the beach. In May, Austria became the latest European country to make it illegal for women to wear burkas in public despite huge controversy.
Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4142660/british-family-burkinis-ordered-ou…
