More protests against refugee centres, seven arrested overnight

Protests against asylum centres and refugee shelters took place in several Dutch towns on Thursday evening, with violence breaking out in the Gelderland town of Doetinchem. Police there arrested seven people after officers were pelted with fireworks outside the town hall, where councillors were discussing plans for a new asylum centre. Deputy police chief Wilbert Paulissen told current affairs programme Nieuwsuur that riot police had been placed on standby at six different locations nationwide. “Whether we had to intervene everywhere...