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Geldermalsen [Netherlands] refugee centre plan dropped in wake of riots
Dutch News ^ | 23 December 2015

Posted on 02/05/2016 2:59:33 PM PST by Lorianne

Plans to build a temporary refugee centre for 1,500 people on an industrial estate in Geldermalsen have been dropped, mayor Miranda de Vries said on Wednesday.

At least 14 people were arrested earlier this month when a mob of anti-refugee protestors tried to storm the town hall where the plans were being discussed.

Nevertheless, Geldermalsen will still do its duty, De Vries told broadcaster Nos, without giving further details. This will be done in dialogue with locals, she said.

The speed and scale of the previous plan was an error of judgement and did not deal properly with the concerns of the town’s population, the mayor said

(Excerpt) Read more at dutchnews.nl ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: netherlands
Apparently the town elders tried to do this quickly without much if any local notification or support ... now they have had to postpone their plans (probably until they can think of another way to dupe the locals).

This is news we are not hearing about in the US

1 posted on 02/05/2016 2:59:33 PM PST by Lorianne
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2 posted on 02/05/2016 3:16:21 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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Free Republic Caucus 2016 02/05

3 posted on 02/05/2016 3:19:53 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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The pols are trying to replace the normal people with savages, so they don’t want the normal people to know.


4 posted on 02/05/2016 3:33:06 PM PST by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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“At least 14 people were arrested earlier this month when a mob of anti-refugee protestors tried to storm the town hall where the plans were being discussed.”

That’s where the enemy of the people and of the nation resides - in the townhalls and the government offices.

Glad to hear the Dutch have figured that out.


5 posted on 02/05/2016 4:08:13 PM PST by aquila48
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