The Hague is sending 25 police officers to Morocco to learn more about North African culture, the AD reports on Friday. Their stay, of several weeks, will help them better cope with young Moroccan criminals, the paper says. .

‘Tackling the problem of young criminal Moroccans is a top priority,’ police chief Gerard Bouman told the paper. ‘But to tackle the problem, we need to understand a deeper understanding of their culture. They don’t behave as native Dutch, they are fanatical about Moroccan culture.’