US EditionDutch Vigilantes Set up Illegal Border Checks Near Ter Apel - DutchNews.nl
- On Friday evening, around a dozen Dutch individuals took it upon themselves to conduct unofficial border inspections on the N366 route between Ter Apel and Rütenbrock.
- The group initiated this protest following frustration over the perceived ease of refugee crossings amid existing government border checks introduced last year.
- They stopped cars, waved torches, wore high-visibility clothing, and even inspected trunks, but Dutch police observed without taking legal action.
- "Nothing is being done, so we will do it ourselves," one man said, and government auditors reported border checks have not reduced asylum applications significantly.
- Despite 44,000 asylum applications in 2024, fewer than 1% occurred at the border, suggesting such grassroots actions highlight local frustrations without major impact on asylum flows.
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In the heated debate about asylum policy in the Netherlands, citizens organized vehicle controls on their own on the German border. People equipped with warning vests and lamps stopped cars on Sunday evening, as media reported in part with video recordings of the control.On Tuesday, the government in the Netherlands was broken in the dispute over a tougher asylum policy.The actions took place on the Bundesstraße 408, which runs from Haren (Ems) …
The municipality calls the action "life-threatening" and points out that it is prohibited to stop cars in this way.
A group of citizens started a border control on Saturday evening on the N366 between Ter Apel and the German Rütenbrock. The police call the action ‘not the intention’. The activists say they are unhappy that asylum seekers can cross the Dutch border unhindered. “Nothing is happening. So we do it ourselves.”
Fed Up with Migrant Chaos, Dutch Citizens Set Up DIY Border Checks
European voters are increasingly frustrated at establishment parties ignoring their demands for tougher migration controls. In the Netherlands over the weekend, a group of citizens gathered near the border with Germany near Ter Apel to stop cars and conduct asylum seeker checks themselves.They decided to take action after ‘centre-right’ coalition parties blocked asylum reforms, prompting Geert Wilders to take his right-wing populist Freedom Part…
Citizens in the Netherlands stopped several vehicles at the German-Dutch border near Haren on Saturday. According to a newspaper report, they wanted to stop migrants when they arrived.
The acting Minister of Migration in the Netherlands, David van Weel, called on the population on Sunday evening not to take the law into their own hands.
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