STEENBERGEN – In Steenbergen is no refugee center. Or will at most one hundred new refugees with residence status, called status holders are housed. It’s Wednesday night decided at a board meeting.
The college had previously suggested between 200 and 300 refugees to capture in multiple locations in the municipality for at most two years. But that proposal was voted down.
The People’s Party and the VVD had an amendment. They wanted to catch up to 100 refugees for up to six months. This proposal was more support than the proposal of the Board. The VVD also filed a motion. They want a letter to the Senate and send the request for control and management from The Hague in the refugee issue.
In late October was a briefing with commentators in a sports hall yet really out of hand. Furious opponents of shelter and troublemakers screamed loud and long and made it virtually impossible speakers.
No incidents
Wednesday’s council meeting proceeded without incident . College, councilors and eight civilians who had applied talk were not disturbed by the dozens of interested people in the audience. Some speakers distanced themselves from the hands walking meeting in October. ,, It shows once again how thin the film of our so-called civilization. A vulgar smear campaign against Muslims and Islam. To give some resistance I stand here, ” said one speaker.
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Since the runaway meeting october, the way in Steenbergen had been dealt with the issue of accepting refugees nationwide daily in the news. ,, We have gone through an intense process. I am pleased and proud that the city council to this almost unanimous choice has come, ” said Deputy Mayor Joseph Fox.
About the many reactions, including Twitter, Steenbergen has yielded to manipulation and threat and that the loudest screamers have been right, Fox said: ,, It was a sensitive issue and I do not give a value judgment. The council members listened to the residents of our town, even the most fierce reactions have been heard. ”
An earlier receipt of a thousand people for a referendum on childcare holding will be considered by the council within two months, according to Fox. Dan Fox is no longer with. From Monday Steenbergen, the 53-year-old Ruud van den Belt as new mayor
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