Only a few municipalities have evicted third-country nationals from refugee shelters, even though their protection has officially ended, and the outgoing State Secretary Eric van der Burg (Asylum) has declared that the municipalities may stop accepting third-country nationals. Many municipalities are waiting until there is clarity. There are also many municipalities where third-country nationals cannot be deported because judges have ruled against it.
The authorities on Ameland expected a clash between island residents and PowNed journalists who came to report on the Sunneklaas celebration on December 5 last year.
Amsterdam has relatively the highest wealth - the difference between the value of assets and liabilities - of all Dutch municipalities. At the end of 2022, Amsterdam’s wealth amounted to 9,046 euros per inhabitant. That is over 70 times higher than the municipality with the lowest relative wealth - Vlissingen, with 129 euros per inhabitant, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reported.
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Dutch riot police clashed with protesters opposing Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s presence at the opening ceremony of the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam, which the Netherlands’ King Willem-Alexander inaugurated.