Netherlands: Noureddine El Amrani

The residents of the city of Albergen protested in the hotel courtyard in the aforementioned village, in protest against a license handed over by the Dutch government to begin converting the hotel into a residence for refugees. The residents occupied the square in which the hotel is located Chanting slogans against the refugees and expressing their rejection, Ms. Honey Dohan, a spokeswoman for the demonstrators, said that they are looking for legal ways to buy the hotel and prevent its transformation into a shelter for migrants and refugees, a decision that the Dutch authorities want to achieve to reduce the “influx” of refugees into the center Ter Apel, unable to provide beds for asylum seekers who sleep outside the center in tents set up by volunteers sympathetic to refugees. As a reminder, some centers in other villages witnessed confrontations between refugees and supermarkets were looted and robbed, which worries Dutch citizens. Next Tuesday, the Dutch authorities will consider the licensing decision to provide 27 rooms for about 300 refugees.