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    Anti-refugee riots erupt in second Dutch village

    Riot police were drafted in to break up a demonstration by anti-refugee campaigners in the Brabant village of Heesch on Monday night after eggs and fireworks were hurled at the town hall.

    Three people were arrested and council officials had to be evacuated from the building, where they were discussing measures to improve youth social services.

    Last week, police removed two dead pigs from a site suggested as a potential refugee centre for 500 people close to the village. One pig was placed on top of a building, the other hung by a metal chain from a tree. Heesch, which is close to Oss, has a population of 12,000.

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    Local VVD party leader Jack van der Dussen told BNR radio most of the trouble makers came from elsewhere. ‘It started as a peaceful protest but then the radical group showed up and spoiled it,’ he said.

    Harm Ruijs, who organised the protest, distanced himself from the violence but said he had not changed his standpoint. ‘Many people were here to show they are opposed to such a big centre. 500 refugees for 10 years in one location is too many,’ he said.

    Home affairs minister Ronald Plasterk said in a statement: ‘Protesting is part of a democracy but violence damages the essence of our democratic country.’

    Riots

    In December, riot police fired warning shots in the town of Geldermalsen after protests about plans to build a refugee centre in the Gelderland town erupted into violence.

    Police sealed off the town hall where the debate on the plans was taking place with fencing, but protesters, said to number about 100, pelted the building with bottles, bricks and fireworks. The meeting was abandoned on the advice of the police.

    Council officials later reversed the decision to set up an asylum seekers centre for 1,500 people. Although officials originally said the dozen or so people arrested were all locals, many of them were actually from other towns.
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    Dutch Police Say Ready for Anti-Migrant Rallies of Any Scale

    Dutch police are ready for a potential anti-migrant manifestations regardless of their scale, a press officer with the Dutch Police Mediadesk of the Oost-Brabant unit told Sputnik on Tuesday.

    MOSCOW (Sputnik), Alexander Mosesov – On Monday, a massive anti-refugee rally took place in a small town of Heesch in the Netherlands over plans to construct a center to accommodate 500 asylum seekers in the town with a population of merely 12,500. About 1,000 people took to the streets after clashing with riot police.

    "Our unit is called Oost-Brabant, and in Oost-Brabant, a couple of thousand policemen are working, ready to react all over our region. If necessary, we can ask colleagues from other places," the press officer said answering a question whether local police units have enough staff to deal with massive demonstrations and rallies.

    He added that youth arrested during the protest in Heesch arrived from the nearby towns.

    "One person is 21 years old, he comes from a small town called Geffen and the other two are from the town of Oss, they are 20 and 26 year old," the press officer said adding that the three were arrested for resisting police forces and refusing to follow the orders.

    The European Union is currently struggling to manage a massive refugee crisis, with hundreds of thousands of people fleeing conflict-torn countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

    According to the Dutch authorities, 59,100 refugees sought asylum in the country in 2015, over two times more than in 2014.
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    Police ready Xcept WHEN it is @ rape by migrants or muslims.

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