Multiple asylum reception locations do not participate in an open day for AZCs on Saturday. This confirms a spokesperson for the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) reporting from the NOS. Exactly how many locations stay closed and why, a spokesperson for the COA could not say on Friday afternoon. The COA has taken the decision on its own initiative and not on the advice of the police, say police spokesmen.
This includes two reception locations in Amsterdam and one in Hoofddorp, writes the NOS. At a number of locations that still participate, additional safety measures would be taken.
After the demonstration against the asylum policy on the Malieveld in The Hague last Saturday, it was restless in various places in the country around asylum care locations. In Hoofddorp, the mobile unit had to intervene on Wednesday after a Koran burning for an AZC got out of hand. A group of counter -protesters had come to the protest, and a group of young people who threw fireworks and stones.
Protest
On Thursday evening, a protest for the town hall of Doetinchem in violence degenerated during a vote from the city council about the arrival of a reception location for a hundred asylum seekers. Outgoing Prime Minister Dick Schoof said on Friday afternoon that he finds this violence “unacceptable.” “Save the peace,” the prime minister called on during his weekly press conference after the Council of Ministers.
Police spokesmen say to NRC That the police have not received any signals from possible protests around the open days in Amsterdam and Hoofddorp.
On Saturday throughout the country reception locations for asylum seekers open their doors for local residents. A total of 175 locations would participate. There are tours, workshops and activities for children, state on the site from the COA. The day coincides with National Burendag and revolves around “meeting, connection and strengthening the neighborhood”.
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