Friday, October 17, 2014

DutchNews.nl: Tiny Dutch village of Drenthe struggles to cope with asylum seeker surge - "In the first six months of the year, some 12,300 people requested asylum in the Netherlands, double the 2013 figure."

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Tiny Dutch village struggles to cope with asylum seeker surge

Fewer asylum seekers will be placed in a holiday park in rural Drenthe than the 1,400 originally planned, officials have decided, after locals complained of being overwhelmed by so many people.
The Pipodorp park is currently home to 400 asylum seekers and the problems are being caused by a group of around 100 single men, many from Eritrea,  Nos television said.

Locals have complained that minibuses they use to get around are now full of refugees and shop-keepers have spoken of 40 at a time turning up in the village shop. ...


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