Hundreds of residents in Nieuw-Lekkerland, a Dutch town of around 10,000, demonstrated on Monday evening against the potential establishment of an asylum seekers’ housing center in their community.
The march culminated at the town’s community center, where a residents’ meeting was held and locals were given the opportunity to ask questions regarding the proposed shelter. The protesters presented the results of an online petition to Mayor Theo Segers—a petition that had garnered over 10,000 signatures from people opposing the center.
