Three students from the Art Academy in Rotterdam, including two in burkas. Photo ANP Marcel Antonisse
The government wants the wearing of face-covering clothing such as burqas, limited ban on public transport, education, healthcare and government buildings. The government gave the go today after a bill Plasterk of the Interior.
The government believes the ban is important for the government services to citizens and for safety. On the street should the clothing that still. About face in locations where it is forbidden yet covered, can be fined up to 405 euros, but the police will hardly write these fines, according to Minister Plasterk. Maintaining according to the minister primarily a task of the administrators of the buildings where the ban applies.
The police in public spaces or ask to take off the face-covering clothing, as it considers necessary for identifications.
About the “burqa ban” VVD and PvdA in October 2012 had already been agreed in the coalition agreement. The proposal is different from the “burqa ban” where the Rutte-I in January 2012 agreed with it. When it came to an expanded ban would also apply to street
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