Trains may skip station in Noord-Brabant due to nuisance from asylum seekers
2 months, 1 week ago

Trains may skip station in Noord-Brabant due to nuisance from asylum seekers

NL Times  

The NS is considering driving past the train station Maarheeze due to the nuisance caused by asylum seekers. This concerns nuisance-causing asylum seekers from the Budel asylum seekers' center who are creating unsafe situations, according to the NS. These measures cost the transport company 2.3 million euros, a fee that the NS would like compensation for from the government. "This is yet another example of the government washing its hands of a social problem and passing the consequences on to society," said Henri Janssen, director at FNV Spoor.

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