The municipality of Veenendaal promised improvement, but according to the activists this afternoon, that is not enough. “The food is dirty, the lettuce is moldy,” says one of the residents. He shows pictures. Also the sanitary facilities, which look filthy. Residents talk about the long distance from the shelter to the toilets. It is several hundred meters. And for people with an intestinal disorder who often have to go to the toilet, that is too far. “And you are not allowed to have food in your room, then you will be punished. It sometimes seems as if we are criminals.”
Unrest again at crisis shelter Veenendaal, residents demonstrate: ‘Our situation has not improved’
