Overview
- The city approved an anti-immigration rally and a ‘Refugees welcome’ counter-event under specific conditions that uphold the right to protest.
- Nationaal Protest plans to gather on Plein 1944 and make a march through the city centre.
- The counter-protest must stay in a marked zone at the head of Augustijnenstraat and Houtstraat and will not march.
- Police will enforce a ban on face-covering clothing for all participants to keep order.
- Organisers signaled de-escalation and turnout, with Nationaal Protest urging a peaceful rally and more than forty local groups backing the counter-event.