' Military police performs unlawful border controls '

In addition to the controls of persons at the border enters the military police also checks falling within the competence of the National Police, reports Wedding based on research by Professor Maartje van der Woude of the University of Leiden. Vaughan ran for the research along with employees of the military police.

Vaughan noted, among other things, that passenger cars by the Corps are checked for drugs while not covered by the scope of service.

Holding criminals without having to have jurisdiction, according to Van der Woude is undesirable. The original task of the military police is to prevent illegal migration. The Professor points out that "such a link also contributes to the obnoxious imaging that migration and crime always go together."

Badge the research shows that during controls of vehicles by the military police is mainly given badges. Romanian, Bulgarian and other Eastern European badges are suspicious, while Polish badges get less attention. Polish vehicles turn out especially to transport workers.

Further also shows skin color an important role to play in the inspections. On the basis of skin color is the nationality of a passenger and estimated from the conversations Vaughan with employees of the military police had, it turns out that they have certain expectations with every nationality. At Albanians was often thought to serious crime, particularly when North Africans to drugs and drug runners.

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