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Police Disperse Anti–Asylum Center Protest in Lisse Outside Council Meeting

The municipality is still defining location criteria under a legal mandate to create 140 reception places.

Overview

  • Mounted officers and the riot police used charges and batons to clear the town hall square after the mayor ordered the demonstration to end.
  • Police said fireworks and other items, including cans, were thrown during the unrest, and an ANP reporter observed at least one arrest.
  • Authorities have not provided a total arrest count and reported that no one required hospital treatment.
  • Roughly seventy opponents gathered with Dutch flags and a Prinsenvlag, while three counter-demonstrators displayed pro-refugee messages.
  • The council made no final site decision and discussed a framework for potential locations, as the executive explores mixed occupancy with Ukrainians, labor migrants, urgent seekers and local residents to build support.