[Netherlands] Fingers in the Dyke: Dutch Fear Rising Ethnic Tensions / Brussels Journal, 14 Jan 2007
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/1837
Paul Belien
"The Netherlands may soon witness an outburst of ethnic violence. An official report published last Wednesday states that “tensions between various ethnic and cultural groups of youths are seriously underestimated.” The report points out that the Dutch authorities fail to grasp the gravity of the problem. It warns the government in The Hague that if nothing is done the country will soon witness situations similar to those in France. There violent clashes, which erupted in late 2005, have led to the police abandoning immigrant suburbs to gangs of Muslim youths, who have now taken over effective control of more than 750 French urban neighborhoods."