Trooper discriminates air passenger

the hague - The National Ombudsman has the Royal Military Police at Rotterdam The Hague Airport reprimanded for discrimination during checks on passengers. Following a complaint of discrimination agency Radar behalf of a man with a dark complexion who felt discriminated against.

The man came in 2015 four times by plane to Rotterdam. Three times asked the trooper his passport while other passengers from Schengen countries, blacks, just could not go through. Not once his passport was recognized.

The Ombudsman concludes that more objective criteria are needed at the controls. The man also received a clear answer why he was always picked. Therefore, also provided an explanation, said the Ombudsman.

The trooper was unfounded complaint. And to the surprise of the Ombudsman, the Minister of Defense took the judgment. The complainant took the military police or told they regretted that he had experienced checks as discrimination and that the military police from this admonition.