Foreign family’s windows smashed during “calm” asylum protests

The second council meeting about the possible reception of asylum seekers happened in a calm and orderly fashion, at least compared to the high running tensions during the previous meeting. Though in another part of the Noord-Brabant city, a foreign family's home was pelted with stones, breaking a window. Omroep Brabant reports that an African family lives in the home on Kruitweg. Two bricks were thrown through the window, according to the broadcaster. The police confirmed the incident on Twitter, saying that it happened around 8:00 p.m. "Residents shaken up, charges recorded, no perpetrator indication", the police tweets. A few dozen protesters gathered in front of the city hall before the meeting to demonstrate. They carried signs reading: "No asylum center in Steenbergen" and "Don't stay calm! Stand up and take back our country!", NU reports. A total of 17 Steenbergen residents were given a chance to have their say in the council meeting - both opponents and supporters of an asylum center in the city, the Volkskrant reports. Many of the speakers criticized the municipality for not communicating properly, according to the newspaper. The Steenbergen board of mayor and aldermen proposes to accommodate up to 200 or 300 people in various locations in the city. The board wants the city council to take a position on the matter, but like the residents, this topic has the council divided, according to the newspaper. https://twitter.com/FC_KUNDUZ/status/664003876786434049 https://twitter.com/Oostveenm/status/663984201843220481