But what do you do as a municipality with an asylum assignment and so many residents who are against it? Talking, talking a lot, information evenings and actually knocking on the door of residents. “We often sat at people’s kitchen tables. Just with two residents, the councilor and me,” says Mayor Gilbert Isabella. “And those were actually very friendly conversations. You can often address people’s concerns quite easily. Someone said he was afraid for his daughters’ safety. He wanted extra lampposts. I said: fine, let’s fix it.”
Will Houten get a refugee shelter after all? Mayor believes there is a ‘100 percent’ chance
