The leaders of 13 of the 15 political factions represented in the Tweede Kamer co-signed a statement expressing their outrage at the rise of anti-Semitism "in places where everyone should be able to gather freely and safely." The leaders of FvD and Denk were the only two in the lower house of Parliament who refused to put their names on the document, which was presented in response to the harassment and heckling targeting Jewish singer Lenny Kuhr.
The Stadskanaal municipal council will hold an emergency debate on Monday evening on the crisis reception of asylum seekers in the municipality. In the debate, the council will also call on other municipalities to do their bit to relieve the overcrowded asylum seekers' home in Ter Apel.
Groningen will create a crisis shelter for asylum seekers in the student housing complex The Village on Peizerweg. The shelter will open on Thursday and should accommodate 80 to 100 asylum seekers from Syria, Eritrea, Somalia, Iran, Iraq, and Yemen, among others. The asylum seekers are expected to stay there for about three months while awaiting placement in a regular asylum seeker center.