In addition to extra police and enforcement, it is no longer possible to park for the town hall after 5 p.m. According to a spokeswoman, the organization of the protest indicated that there will be around 50 to 150 activists who say they want to demonstrate peacefully. Nevertheless, as a result of online calls, it is that more people come to it, who may want it to get out of hand.
The municipality will see on Tuesday whether more safety measures are needed, says the spokeswoman. She points out that there are also proponents in Hoorn for a reception location. “At an earlier committee meeting on this subject, there were 31 speakers. 70 percent were ahead of them, they thought that we as a city should be hospitable and take responsibility to receive refugees.” She emphasizes that it is also a good right to demonstrate against a reception location. “That sound can also be heard.”
Earlier, protests against the arrival of asylum seekers’ centers got out of hand in various places in the country.
The Hoorn city council does not yet decide on Tuesday whether the proposed locations are actually designated as a reception location.
No audience welcome to political evening about AZC in Schiedam
No audience is welcome on Tuesday evening at the political evening about the arrival of an asylum seekers’ center in Schiedam. According to Mayor Harald Bergmann, the town hall is not safe enough in case riots would break out, as previously happened in several places in the country at meetings about an AZC.
Bergmann has therefore decided ‘reluctantly’ that the evening can only be followed via a live stream for interested parties and not in the council chamber.
“Because of the riots in other places in the country, we investigated whether the council chamber and town hall would be safe with riots in our council. It is not,” said the mayor. “That is why, as a precaution, the council is only accessible to councilors, committee members, group support, the College of B and W and two speakers and their supporters.”
Incidentally, the municipality has not received any concrete signals about disruption of the political evening. “We monitor this daily.”