Far right
march through Amsterdam in anti-immigration protest
October
12, 2025
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/10/far-right-march-through-amsterdam-in-anti-immigration-protest/
Around
1,000 far-right activists gathered on the Museumplein in Amsterdam on Sunday to
protest about immigration and to “defend the Netherlands”.
There was
a heavy police presence, with officers on horseback and a water cannon on
standby in case of trouble. Last month an anti-immigration protest in The Hague
erupted into a riot, with dozens of arrests and attacks on the police,
parliament and political party offices.
With
Steve McQueen’s film about the impact of World War II on the capital playing on
a screen on the Rijksmuseum as a backdrop, the crowd of mostly men listened to
short speeches and chanted “Wij zijn Nederland”.
Some
carried modern Dutch flags, others the flag used by the Dutch Nazi party, with
orange rather than red. One group arriving under police escort carried a large
banner with the words “defend Netherlands” in English, lighting orange smoke
bombs as they arrived to cheers.
There
were a few scuffles with bystanders and police made several arrests, watched by
bemused tourists. The Van Gogh museum had closed its doors for the day but the
others remained open.
The crowd
then moved off under police escort to march along streets surrounding the
nearby Vondelpark, following almost the same route as last weekend’s
pro-Palestine demonstration, which was attended by some 250,000 people.
Bystanders
watched as the demonstrators walked by shouting “AZC, weg ermee” (get rid of
refugee centres) and racist and antisemitic chants. One group marching behind
the “defend Netherlands” banner sang about GroenLinks-PvdA leader Frans
Timmermans, describing him as a “dirty cancer Jew”.
Some
demonstrators threw eggs and water bottles at people who leaned out of their
windows to show their dislike of the protest, ignoring the organisers’ appeal
to them to move on.
Shortly
after 4 pm, the first of the demonstrators had returned again to the
Museumplein and after taking more photos, began to go home. One group headed to
the city centre where they continued to chant and light fireworks.
A number
of them were hemmed in by police on the Prinsengracht and police made several
arrests.
Meanwhile,
some 400 people gathered on the Jonas Daniël Meijerplein, next to the
Portuguese synagogue in the city centre, as a counter voice to the far-right
protest. That stage had a banner proclaiming “no more fascism” as a backdrop.
The event on the Museumplein, one speaker said, was a “festival of hate”.
Sunday,
12 October 2025 - 17:15
https://nltimes.nl/2025/10/12/police-arrest-around-30-anti-immigration-protest-amsterdam
Police
arrest around 30 at anti-immigration protest in Amsterdam
Police
arrested about 30 demonstrators in central Amsterdam on Saturday afternoon
following an anti-immigration protest at and around Museumplein.
After the
official protest ended, participants marched through the city center, setting
off heavy fireworks and chanting slogans including “Asylum centers, get out,”
and “We are the Netherlands.”
The
Museumplein area and surrounding streets had been designated as safety risk
zones in advance. Demonstrators were part of the “Nederland in Opstand”
movement, which has staged similar marches in the past.
A
counter-protest against racism and fascism was held nearby at Jonas Daniël
Meijerplein, where several hundred people gathered. Organizers urged
participants to avoid confrontations and emphasized safety.
Reporting
by ANP and NL Times
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