Tag: Netherlands
A new demonstration every weekend: ‘The impact on the police is great’
Demonstrations, protests, occupations and marches through the city. There were 479 demonstrations in Utrecht last year. Almost a hundred more than the year before. It is an important fundamental right,…
Reception of asylum seekers who have exhausted all legal remedies remains: ‘They will enter the new year in peace’
Jelle Goeziens is a social legal officer at the Emergency Shelter for Homeless Foreigners Utrecht Foundation (SNDVU) and knows many people in the room. “They are very happy, they are…
Utrecht councilor relieved that bed-bath-bread arrangement will be retained
Asylum Minister Marjolein Faber decided in September to stop the National Alien Facility (LVV), as the bed-bath-bread scheme is officially called. The asylum seekers would therefore have to return to…
Aarti photographs the Dutch flag in the sky above IJsselstein
“That precipitation is illuminated from the back, that is the red and pink. The precipitation falls through a clearing, that is the white. The blue, the bottom band of the…
Neighbor opens his house after apartment fire: ‘It was a short night’
The three women read messages to each other with messages of support that they receive, but they mainly wait. There is chocolate, party cake, cookies and tea on the table.…
Shared cargo bikes Cargoroo from Utrecht streets after bankruptcy
Councilor Senna Maatoug (GroenLinks) regrets the situation, she writes in her first letter to the municipal council. “There is a growing demand for shared cargo bikes in Utrecht, as a…
Diede wins performance in Glass House: ‘Not nervous, but looking forward to it’
The result was that she only went to bed this morning. “We were at the Glass House in Zwolle until 1:30 am for the results, we collected donations until the…
Minister Faber must continue to receive asylum seekers who have exhausted all legal remedies in Utrecht
Minister Faber of Asylum and Migration announced in September that the so-called bed-bath-bread arrangement would end. This scheme provides asylum seekers who have exhausted their legal remedies with shelter, a…
Bridge keepers return: Utrecht bridges will be manually operated from January 1
It is not that the current control center is broken, the contract only expires on January 1. The province has not yet been able to find a new power station.…
From youth among pollard willows and ditches to mayorship: The happiness of Sjors Fröhlich
“Many children have watched the Sinterklaas news, so I am now also recognized by children. Sometimes you have to have luck on your side. Sometimes everything comes together and makes…