"A ban on ethnic profiling should be anchored in law"
Dutch NewsTwo MPs have drawn up draft legislation aimed at banning the government from allowing ethnic profiling which they say will “not meet with much resistance” in parliament. NSC MP Willem Koops and D66 MP Mpanzu Bamenga said they were “convinced” the rest of the coalition would support the new legislation. The draft legislation comes in the wake of a controversial motion from VVD parliamentarian Bente Becker which called on the cabinet to “record data about the cultural and religious norms and values of Dutch citizens with a migration background”. A lower court had found that ethnic profiling was an acceptable form of border control, but Bamenga appealed, supported by a coalition of human rights groups including Amnesty International and Control Alt Delete.
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