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The verdict puts an end to the so-called \u2018extinction policy\u2019.<\/div>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div>This is a landmark ruling, as it is the first time a municipality has been convicted of discrimination against travellers and ordered to create more sites. This ruling has far-reaching implications for all municipalities in the Netherlands. More caravan sites will have to be built there too.<\/div>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div>The court ruled that the municipality discriminates against Roma, Sinti and Travellers on racial grounds because they have to wait much longer for a caravan site than other residents of the city have to wait for social housing. Some Roma, Sinti and Travellers will not be granted a site at all with current waiting times. The Hague has not realised a single new caravan site for 25 years, while actively removing 110. This makes it impossible for Roma, Sinti and Travellers to live according to their culture.<\/div>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div>According to the court, the municipality has a human-rights obligation to provide an adequate number of sites so that Roma, Sinti and Travellers can obtain a place to live within a reasonable period of time. The court ordered that within five years, the waiting time for a caravan site should be equal to the waiting time for ground-level social housing in the city. This means that The Hague has an immediate obligation to realise caravan sites.<\/div>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The Roma, Sinti and Travellers were supported in these proceedings by lawyers from PILP and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houthoff.com\/\">Houthoff<\/a> (pro bono).<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, on May 5 2024, the District Court of The Hague ruled that the municipality of The Hague racially discriminates against Roma, Sinti and Travellers. There are not enough caravan sites and the municipality has not built a single new site for 25 years. This constitutes a human rights violation. 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