Riot police in action after initially peaceful asylum center protest, six arrests

Omroep Brabant writes that after the demonstration, young people pushed barriers onto the street and started fires.

At the Kruisherenkapel in Uden, where an information meeting about the arrival of an asylum seekers' centre is taking place on Wednesday evening, there is a large police presence. Last week, the riot police had to intervene at the first residents' evening after fireworks were set off and stones were thrown at officers. Six people were arrested.

The extension of the reception location does not come as a surprise: Goirle has been receiving asylum seekers in the Mission House on the Tilburgseweg since 2022 and has done so to the satisfaction of both local residents and the board on many points. Nevertheless, the concerns of residents and the future course of the reception were central on Thursday evening. Under the new Distribution Act, the municipality has the task of receiving 151 peopl…

The police are allowed to conduct preventive searches at several locations in Uden on Wednesday evening. The centre has been declared a safety risk area. The reason for this is calls from young people of primary school age from group eight that are circulating on social media. In these calls, they call for the meeting about a new asylum seekers' centre in Uden to be disrupted again with heavy fireworks. With these measures, the municipality want…