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Riot police called in Surhuisterveen after protesters throw nails to stop asylum bus

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Riot police were deployed overnight Monday into Tuesday in Surhuisterveen after demonstrators targeted a bus carrying 28 asylum seekers to an emergency shelter. The protesters threw a box of nails into the street and made “a lot of noise” as the bus approached, a municipal spokesman told ANP.“Because of the demonstrators it was not safe to let the bus come, so it parked for a while,” the spokesman said. Riot police intervened. The night then “pa…

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A restless night in the Frisian village of Surhuisterveen. Residents there stopped a bus carrying 28 asylum seekers who were on their way to a sports hall to spend the night. The situation escalated to such an extent that the Mobile Unit had to intervene. What is going on there? News of the Day reporter Jasmine van Dijk took a look at the village.

·Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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Dozens of activists attempted to stop a bus carrying 28 asylum seekers in Surhuisterveen last night. The passengers were on their way to the sports hall in the Frisian village to spend the night there; there was no longer a place for them to sleep in Ter Apel. Due to the protest, the bus was unable to reach the reception center for hours. Around midnight, the municipality decided to deploy the police's riot unit. "I received a signal that the …

·Hilversum, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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The riot police were deployed in Surhuisterveen, Friesland, during the night of Monday to Tuesday because people were demonstrating against the emergency shelter for 28 asylum seekers. This was confirmed by the municipality of Achtkarspelen, which includes Surhuisterveen, following reports by Omrop Fryslân, the Leeuwarder Courant, and Dagblad van het Noorden. The protesters attacked the bus carrying the people on their way to the emergency shelt…

·Apeldoorn, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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The protests surrounding the temporary asylum reception center in Surhuisterveen, Friesland, have escalated further. On Monday evening, demonstrators blocked a bus carrying asylum seekers en route to the center, after which riot police had to intervene to grant them free passage. Now, Anneke Kanninga-Alma, leader of the action group Us Leefbaar Achtkarspelen, has received a restraining order from the municipality prohibiting her from entering th…

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Reformatorisch Dagblad broke the news in Apeldoorn, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) on Tuesday, August 11, 2026.
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