Cabinet still has no solution for asylum seekers causing trouble at Maarheze station

The Cabinet’s promise to solve the issues of a group of asylum seekers who are causing trouble on the track by the train station Maarheeze has not come to fruition yet. This was said by the State Secretary of Public Transport, Chris Jansen, after the weekly Council of Ministers meeting. He added that the Cabinet will continue to discuss the matter over the coming days. Jansen had promised before the meeting to report “concrete steps” after the meeting.

The NS raised the alarm about the situation at Maarheeze this week. Asylum seekers from the reception center in the nearby Budel are causing so much trouble that the railway company is considering not stopping at the station. “That is certainly not going to happen,” Jansen said on Friday morning.

Jansen said that the Cabinet’s inability to decide on measures instantly is partly because the Minister of Justice and Security, David van Weel, was not present at the meeting.

"If we look at a structural solution, then we also have to think about possibilities via the prosecutor's office, via enforcement," said the PVV state secretary. According to him, he needs not only asylum minister Marjolein Faber for that but also Van Weel.

The three ministers will continue discussions over the coming days. Jansen hopes to have a solution to the problem at some point during next week.