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Dutch protesters set asylum shelter on fire (VIDEO)

05/13/2026 This article was posted by TLB Staff GOVERNMENT, Tyranny, WORLD 0

ER Editor: We’re posting 2 reports back to back from RT and Remix News on a region just south-east of Amsterdam containing the communities of Loosdrecht and Widjmeren. The fire in Loosdrecht happened yesterday. The report on Widjmeren comes from two weeks ago.

Once again, locals are (rightly) protesting migrant males being foisted on them. We smell a playbook at work, reports which put us in mind of areas in the UK and Ireland. 

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For the Loosdrecht story, ‘The Dutch‘ is trending on Twitter / X. Some retweets —

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Dutch protesters set asylum shelter on fire (VIDEO)

Residents of Loosdrecht have been holding rallies against the arrival of asylum seekers

RT

Anti-immigration protesters set an emergency refugee shelter on fire in the Dutch town of Loosdrecht on Tuesday evening, following weeks of demonstrations against the arrival of asylum seekers.

According to NOS, an angry crowd threw firecrackers at a town hall building that the authorities said would temporarily house refugees. The incident occurred after the first group of 15 asylum seekers arrived earlier that day. (ER: We take issue with the word ‘refugees’. Are they really, or a bunch of illegal young men of fighting age, or other?)

Dutch protesters set asylum shelter on fire (VIDEO)
A screenshot from a video of an anti-refugee protest in Loosdrecht, Netherlands, May 12, 2026. ©  RT / Social media

The crowd also threw objects at police officers and attempted to block firefighters from accessing the site. The fire was eventually extinguished, and several people were detained, NOS reported.

Previous protests in Loosdrecht, a town of 8,600 people, forced the authorities to scale back plans to house 110 asylum seekers to 70.

Last month, a petition opposing the opening of the shelter, signed by 3,000 people, was submitted to the authorities. Despite protests from local residents and business owners, a court ruled in favor of allowing the vacant town hall to be used to house refugees.

Several right-wing politicians joined the rallies, with Gidi Markuszower, the leader of the Dutch Alliance (DNA), telling the crowd that refugees should “go back to their own country.”

Pro-immigration politicians condemned the violence, with some claiming that many of the protesters were not from Loosdrecht. Justice Minister David van Weel suggested that “groups with bad intentions” may have exploited the protests to incite violence, according to Dutch News.

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Dutch town to receive fewer asylum seekers after mass protests

Officials insist the reduction in arrivals is not the state backing down, but listening to the genuine concerns of the locals

THOMAS BROOKE of REMIX NEWS

A Dutch town has forced authorities to scale back plans for an asylum seeker center following days of mass protests, with officials cutting the number of arrivals and delaying the facility’s opening in an attempt to calm tensions.

Clashes occur between police and protesters during a demonstration at the town hall in Loosdrecht, Netherlands, on April 21, 2026. The protest is against plans to open an asylum seeker center for up to 110 people. The building is currently vacant ahead of the merger of Wijdemeren into Hilversum later this year. (Photo by Georgios Kostomitsopoulos/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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The municipality of Wijdemeren confirmed that the planned emergency shelter in Loosdrecht will now house 70 asylum seekers instead of the originally proposed 110, according to NOS. The decision follows several nights of demonstrations in the town of around 8,000 people.

The site, located in Loosdrecht near Hilversum, was initially due to begin receiving migrants last week, but its opening has now been pushed back until at least May 6, as officials said they couldn’t guarantee the safety of the migrants.

On Friday, hundreds of female residents hit back at that suggestion, protesting through the main street with a banner that read, “Does our safety not matter anymore?”

The decision follows sustained unrest, with locals taking to the streets for multiple consecutive nights to oppose the plan. Protesters clashed with police, with officers reportedly targeted with fireworks and stones, while riot police responded with force, including baton charges that left at least one demonstrator unconscious, footage of which circulated widely online.

Local authorities insist the reduction is not a capitulation, but an acknowledgment that the original plan went too far, too fast. Acting mayor Mark Verheijen said the scale and speed of the proposal had proven unsuitable for the town, adding that officials had to respond to the “high tension” within the community.

“We have not considered stopping the reception and are not giving in to violence,” he said, while also admitting the unrest had forced a rethink. “We have listened to the genuine concerns of our residents.”

Demonstrators argue they were never properly consulted and fear the impact of housing large numbers of single male asylum seekers in a small community.

Images from the protests have fueled further controversy, with critics questioning the police response. Former MEP Robert Roos publicly challenged whether the use of force was proportionate, asking whether officers had crossed a line after footage appeared to show a protester struck unconscious.

Prominent commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek voiced support for the demonstrations. “Hundreds of migrants are to be moved to a location in Loosdrecht — a small town close to where I grew up. The locals were not given any say, of course, and took to the streets in protest. Glad to see the true Dutch fighting spirit isn’t gone completely. Go, my fellow countrymen! Enough is enough,” she wrote on X.

Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV), also weighed in, accusing the Dutch government of “force-feeding” asylum seekers to the Dutch people, and calling on the asylum minister to resign.

“Our country is being completely ruined. The failing Minister of Asylum should resign immediately. The Netherlands is full. Completely full,” he wrote.

Authorities confirmed that no asylum seekers are currently housed in Wijdemeren, though a court had previously approved the use of the old town hall in Loosdrecht for temporary accommodation for up to six months, a decision that was upheld last week.

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