The Netherlands' largest asylum-seeker center is located in the small town of Ter Apel, near Groningen. It is currently overflowing with asylum-seekers, and the local townspeople are complaining about crime, theft, and assaults against bus drivers.
Dutch opposition leader Geert Wilders last week paid a visit to Ter Apel and wanted to ask questions in Parliament about the issue to Premier Mark Rutte. He was not allowed to, however.
The below article from Dagelijkse Standaard is translated by Fousesquawk. We are working on translating a video showing interviews of local residents (pending).
Geert Wilders angry at D66-Parliamentary leader who does not allow Parliamentary questions on Ter Apel (Asylum Center): "Unbelievable"
By Bart Reijmerink, 2 November 2021
Recently PVV leader Geert Wilders was on a visit in Ter Apel. This after the local asylum center was full of asylum seekers and the mayor had sounded the alarm several times. Wilders wanted to encourage the residents and had, after his visit, submitted a few oral questions. These questions were rejected by the D-66 Parliamentary chairperson, Vera Bergkamp.
Wilders is not pleased with the fact that his oral questions were rejected by the Chamber chairperson. He intended to confront caretaker premier Mark Rutte with his ill-advised open border policy. The result of this policy Wilders saw for himself last week in Ter Apel.
Unfortunately, he doesn't get the chance from the Parliamentary chairperson to critically test Rutte.
Wilders tweet:
"The D-66 Parliamentary chairperson will not allow my oral questions to Premier Rutte on the very relevant topic of asylum violence against bus drivers and the disastrous results of the asylum tsunami for the people in Ter Apel and the rest of the Netherlands. Cannot (be asked). Unbelievable!"
So Wilders doesn't get the chance to point out the "asylum tsunami", while the Central Organ for the Reception of Asylum-Seekers (COA) is once again ringing the bell. Despite the fact that the communities have jumped in with rules for additional reception places, people in the Netherlands will again be hit with considerable problems at the end of this month, reported by NOS (News).
Since August, almost 7,000 spaces have been added, but more than 3/4ths of these are temporary. In other words, the existing problem is never solved. Which makes it incomprehensible that the PVV- leader cannot pose his questions in the Second Chamber. The problem gets bigger by the week but remains in this manner practically unaddressed in Parliament. People in The Hague cannot wait much longer because then the "turnips are again cooked" at the COA.
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