Demonstrators Protesting for a Stricter Asylum Policy on the Malieveld in the Hague on Saturday Afternoon Letterly Blocked the A12 Highway. Police Were Pelted with Stones, Poles, and Fireworks. The Riot Police (Me) Were deployed.
With permission from Mayor Jan van Zanen, The Me deployed Two Water Cannons. The Estimated Few Hundred Protesters Then Ran Off the Highway, Reports News Agency ANP . “There are currently no more demonstrators on the A12,” A Police Spokesperson Told Nu.nl.
The Police Cannot Say Anything about judgments. “Colleagues are standing in Line. They are standing in a row to prevention people from getting back on the Utrechtse Baan,” The Spokesperson Said. The A12 is still closed for the time being.
Images from an anp photographer on site show the police being pelted with sticks and stones by people dressed in black. A Police Car was also set on fire. IT was extingughed with one of the water cannons.
Duration the demonstration, Calls Were Made from a Stage Not to Enter the Highway, But Around 1:45 pm, Several Hundred Protesters Walked Onto The Highway. The Stage Program Continued for some time. There, Disappointment was Expressed about the situation that had Arisen. Around 2:45 pm, the demonstration was ended, and those present were asked to go home.
The Police Are Now on the Malieveld with Dishes of Vans, Where A Few Hundred Protesters Are Still present. Tear Gas is Being Used, and A Dog Brigade is also on standby.
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Police Car on Fire Duration Grim Protest On Malieveld
Demonstration for a Stricter Asylum Policy
In The Early Afternoon, Several Thousand People Came To The Malieveld to Protest for a Stricter Asylum Policy. The Protest was organized by 26-year-old Els from Zoetermeer. ‘Els Right’, As She Calls Herself on Social Media, Set Up A Crowdfunding Campaign to Organize The Demonstration.
The Demonstrators are Waving Dutch Flags, But also Prince’s Flags. That is an orange-white-blue flag that was used in the eighty years’ war by supporters of William of Orange. But in the second world war, it Became a Symbol of the NSB.
