Upon arrival in Castricum, she was welcomed by a large group of protesters with banners. Mariët van IJzendoorn, from action group Samen Castricum, is one of them. “I’m ashamed of our municipality,” she says. “The solution lies in building more social housing, not in this indecent policy. It is just very sad.”
Residents Many complaints about the living conditions. The containers are too tight and poorly ventilated, there are too few showers and toilets to share, and the roof leaks. Unwanted visitors can also easily enter the building, says Osama (23) from Yemen. He lives in one of the living containers and started talking to Minister Keijzer.
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