(NL Times) The police want to offer an alternative for burka or niqab wearers who want to come to a police station to make a report after the ban on face-covering clothing takes effect on August 1st. A police directive states that people who do not want to take off their veil “for religious reasons” can go to a separate area, a so-called reporting area, to make their report. This alternative is against the law, the Ministry of Home Affairs said to NRC.
The so-called burka ban, officially called the Partial Ban on Face-Covering Clothing Act, takes effect on Thursday. From then on it is illegal to enter government buildings or public transport with clothing that covers your face.
