Minister Uitermark on asylum center protests: 'Harsh tone in The Hague is reflected in council chambers'

Neat citizens turn into ardent protesters when an asylum seekers' centre is proposed. Opposition to asylum centres is about 'much more than just migration', say experts. This is also the case in Bedum, a generally pleasant village north of Groningen.

"It is unacceptable that things are getting so out of hand," said Uitermark in response to the unrest in Uden.

The images of the protests against asylum reception in Uden that got out of hand are "horrific", according to Minister Judith Uitermark (Home Affairs). "It affects me to see it like that too. That anger. A demonstration that gets so out of hand that a mayor ultimately has to break things up with an emergency order." The NSC minister told the House of Representatives to the ANP that she will speak to the mayor of the municipality of Maashorst, wh…

“Horrible.” That's what Interior Minister Judith Uitermark (NSC) says about the protest campaign that got out of hand in Uden on Wednesday evening. During an information meeting, activists protested against the arrival of reception locations for asylum seekers in the municipality. Six people were arrested, including for setting off illegal fireworks and throwing glass. “It's impossible that things are getting so out of hand,” Uitermark tells Nie…