Holland: immigration raids
01 January 1991
Holland: immigration raids
artdoc June=1992
In March the State Police conducted a massive raid on a
distribution company in Geldermalsen arrested four illegal alien
workers. 120 police officers were brought in by riot police buses
and once inside the company building immediately began separating
white from immigrant personnel. The entire operation was
videotaped by police, while a helicopter circled over the area
to detect possible escaping illegal workers. A total of seventy
people who could not identify themselves on the spot were
transported to the police HQ. Some of them had to stay there all
day because they were unable to reach anyone who could bring
their identification papers. In the end four workers could not
prove their legal status. MP's of the Green Left party questioned
the ministers of Justice and Social Affairs on the operation,
which they described as `hard-handed, discourteous and
discriminating'. The police deny that any discriminatory acts
have taken place.
Statewatch, vol 2, no 3, May-June 1992
Europe Racism