A group of Burgers carried out ‘border controls’ at Ter Apel on Saturday evening. According to the municipality of Westerwolde, which includes Ter Apel, the group was busy illegally.
According to the source concerned, which himself participated in the promotion, the audit was set up for anger about a decision by the German police last week. He put a migrant who had come to Germany, at Venlo crossing the border, to the Netherlands. The people who carried out the control are separate from the Burgerguard in Ter Apel.
A spokesperson for the municipality of Westerwolde says in a response that the action is life -threatening and that it is forbidden for citizens to maintain cars in this way.
According to the spokesperson, there is understanding for the frustration that evokes the state of affairs regarding asylum shelter, but the inhabitants of Ter Apel are not waiting for this. The municipality therefore calls on not to continue with these types of actions.
The citizens wore reflective coats and had a luminous stick to lead drivers off the road. They also kept a van from the German police. He ordered the group to leave the German territory.
The group then moved to a site on the Dutch side of the border. It is unknown how many vehicles were subsequently arrested there. According to the anonymous source, the people who were arrested cooperated in control. After about an hour, the Dutch police would have taken two cars, without intervening.
The police confirm that there were agents at the border crossing in question last night, but that no criminal offenses were found. “The people were in a parking lot and that is allowed.” If there are follow -up actions that determine that vehicles are being arrested, the police will intervene, according to the spokesperson.
Justice and migration minister David van Weel (VVD) has rejected border controls. “I understand the frustration, but I really call this group not to do this and to stop,” he says through a spokesperson. “Let the police and Marechaussee do their work and stick to the law.”