Overview
- Apeldoorn declared part of De Maten a safety‑risk area on Saturday, activating daily 17:00–05:00 rules through May 24 that ban groups of four or more, forbid items that can be used as weapons, and allow preventive searches.
- City officials cited Friday night incidents near the Waleweingaarde school, including attempts to set brush on fire and the use of fireworks and torches, following weeks of roundabout blockades and repeated riot police clearances.
- Police report dozens of arrests in recent days, including many minors, with 59 arrests since the previous Friday and four more on Thursday after the permitted protest hour ended.
- The national municipalities association requested urgent talks with the cabinet, warning of rising intimidation and violence around asylum protests, and Minister Bart van den Brink said a meeting will be scheduled.
- Other towns are tightening rules as unrest spreads, with Nijmegen banning face coverings at protests and setting a fixed area for counter‑demonstrators, Loosdrecht extending a gathering ban after attacks on a reception site, and The Hague making two arrests near the former HagaZiekenhuis during a small anti‑azc protest.