Response from Mayor Petra van Hartskamp-de Jong
“It was a turbulent meeting, but it is always good to listen to everyone,” Mayor Petra van Hartskamp-de Jong said this morning in the radio broadcast of Utrecht is Wakker. According to her, the fact that the council proposal was watered down last night, meaning that there appears to be no asylum seekers’ center in Montfoort for the time being, does not mean that Montfoort does not want to contribute. I think that the urgency is clear throughout the Netherlands, but that together we are looking for solutions that fit what is going on in the municipality,” said the mayor.