Rijkswijk mayor bans Eritrean gathering for fear of new unrest, rioting

Mayor Sahin van Rijswijk has put a stop to a meeting of Eritreans that was planned for this month in the Event Plaza conference centre. According to the mayor, the conference centre had not reported the planned meeting to the municipality. Tensions have existed within the Eritrean community for some time. The Federation of Eritrean Communities in the Netherlands (FEN) wanted to organise a closed members' meeting in the conference centre. Some 50…

Mayor Huri Sahin of Rijswijk calls on the government to address the rising tensions within the Eritrean community. The reason for the cry for help is a planned members meeting in Rijswijk of the Federation of Eritrean Communities in the Netherlands (FEN). "There is a major national problem that concerns national security. A mayor cannot solve that locally. We have reached our limit," says Sahin.

Rijkswijk mayor bans Eritrean gathering for fear of new unrest, rioting

Mayor Huri Sahin of Rijkswik has banned a meeting of Eritreans that was planned at the Event Plaza conference center this month. According to the mayor, the conference center had not reported the meeting to the municipality, giving it and the authorities no time to take measures against possible unrest, Omroep West reports.

Mayor Huri Sahin of Rijswijk urgently calls on the government to intervene in the escalating tensions within the Eritrean community in the Netherlands. The direct cause is a members' meeting of the Federation of Eritrean Communities in the Netherlands (FEN), which would take place without notification to the municipality or the police. Sahin emphasizes that national security is at stake and that local administrators cannot solve this problem alo…