According to the Dutch anti-Islam party leader Geert Wilders (Party for Freedom / PVV) the Netherlands has turned into one big refugee center. He called it “terrible” that “three quarters of Dutch municipalities are preoccupied with sheltering refugees.” According to the PVV 293 of 393 municipalities are working for the sheltering of refugees.
During a political campaign PVV-supporters carried flyers with the message “Not one more refugee. Shelter in own region. Close the borders!” Several locals carried banners with the counter-message “No human being is illegal.” Local fractions of other Dutch political parties GroenLinks (GreenLeft), PVDA (Labour Party), and SP (Socialist Party) held a silent protest at a nearby site.
