MEP calls for Europe-wide burqa ban

German MEP Silvana Koch-Mehrin has called for a Europe-wide ban on the wearing of the burqa: “”The burqa is a massive attack on the rights of women, it is a mobile prison,” she said, adding: “The full veil “openly supports values that we do not share in Europe”.

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