Interview Merel Hendrickx on Ethnic profiling at MTV checks

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March 14, 2022
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On March 15, 2022, Merel Hendrickx, lawyer for PILP, was interviewed about MTV checks. The District Court of The Hague ruled on September 22 that the KMar may select travelers partly on the basis of ethnicity. According to the court, this does not constitute discrimination. Nevertheless, in November the KMar announced that it would stop checking travelers at the border on the basis of ethnicity. Merel Hendrickx talks about the court ruling and the KMar’s message.

Read the entire interview here.

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