Dijksma started her speech with a personal note about the events in Syria and Turkey, which she calls heartbreaking. “I don’t know about you, but especially as a mother, when I look at the images that also involve children and I see their vulnerability, it is very bad,” the mayor told the council. Dijksma spoke to various Turkish and Syrian refugees this week. Many of them have lost loved ones. “They are intensely sad and that means that we also have to do what is necessary and what we can from Utrecht.”
The municipality of Utrecht also donates euros per inhabitant for earthquake victims
