Nuisance in Utrecht
In Utrecht, the nuisance mainly occurs in the station area, under the bulbous roof. For more than a year, that location has been the scene of nuisance by various groups. According to Loef, about 60 percent of this group consists of ‘nuisance-causing foreign nationals’ who do not come from the EU.
After stabbing incidents, fights and shoplifting, among other things, the municipality intervened this autumn with a series of measures, including extra deployment of officers and enforcers. The municipality also asked for help from the government. The advice of the national coordinator, and his appointment in October, was partly due to this.