Will the cabinet push through asylum seekers’ centers? The government is showing muscle, but fervently hopes not

The prime minister threatens, the minister begs, but the city council says ‘just look at it’. With thousands of asylum seekers without a place and overflowing emergency shelters, another hot asylum summer awaits. Does the government dare to sideline local democracy? Ministers fervently hope that this test will not occur. Political reporter Hans van Soest writes weekly about issues in The Hague that affect us all.

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