Full face veils have been previously banned in a number of European nations, including Denmark, France, Belgium, Latvia, Bulgaria and the Swiss Italian-speaking canton of Ticino.
The Netherlands’ upper house of parliament, Senate, has adopted a law banning the wearing of the Islamic full-face veil, burqa, in public spaces.
The bill was passed by the lower house in 2016 after lawmakers failed to introduce a more general ban on face-covering veils.