Mayor gets tough on knife crime at refugee centre in Brabant - DutchNews.nl

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Mayor gets tough on knife crime at refugee centre in Brabant - DutchNews.nl

A string of violent incidents at a refugee centre in Budel, a small village in Noord-Brabant, has led to the local mayor invoking his emergency powers in an effort to stop the trouble. Ronald van Kessel, mayor of the local authority area of Cranendonck, which includes Budel, says the move is necessary to restore order. Declaring the refugee centre and its surroundings to be a risk to public safety gives police the right to stop and search passer…