Netherlands: Riots at demo for sharper asylum guidelines – “idiots”, scolds Wilders | EUROtoday

During an illustration for tightening Dutch asylum coverage, the Haag broke up with violent contributors within the rally and the police. A gaggle of demonstrators attacked law enforcement officials with sticks, stones, bottles and fireworks on Saturday, Dutch media reported.

A police automotive was set on fireplace. The safety forces then directed water cannons towards the rioters. Some have been arrested. According to the broadcaster NOS, some demonstrators of orange-white-blue so-called prince flags, which as soon as served as a logo of the National Socialist motion (NSB) and at the moment are utilized by right-wing extremists.

According to the ANP information company, a number of thousand folks initially participated in a rally towards immigration in addition to for tightened asylum rules and on the similar time for extra reasonably priced residences for Dutch. The protest was uncontrolled when round 1,500 demonstrators ran to the A12 motorway operating by way of Haag and disabled site visitors. It was blocked by the police.

According to the broadcaster NOS, demonstrators then went to the town heart, the place they threw home windows of the workplace of the social liberal occasion democrats 66. The government authorities and several other events condemned violence.

“The right of demonstration is a high asset, but hands away from our police officers!”, Said Justice Minister Foort Van Oosten of the conservative-liberal People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). The proper -wing populist politician Geert Wilders additionally condemned the assaults on law enforcement officials and requested to sort out rioters “tought”. According to ANP, he stated: “Blocking motorways and applying violence against the police is completely unacceptable. Idiots.”

Wilders and his occasion for freedom (PVV) have lengthy been calling for the “strictest asylum law of all time” for the Netherlands. The PVV participated in a authorities for the primary time final 12 months to implement this objective. But in June the coalition on the dispute over sharper asylum legal guidelines broke. New elections are deliberate for the top of October.