Villagers at centre of asylum row urge council to heal divide

Residents of a Noord-Brabant village at the centre of a bitter row about plans to accommodate 50 asylum seekers have accused the local council of making the problem worse through its poor communications strategy. Violent protests were staged in Engelen, on the edge of ’s-Hertogenbosch, after the council announced in April it would be housing a group of teenage boys and girls, all under 18, in a former police station on Beverspijken. Opponents have staged marches to express their concern...