Dutch cops use tear gas on anti-immigration protesters and arrest 30

Local authorities said that Dutch police deployed a water cannon and tear gas on Saturday to disperse unruly anti-migration demonstrators in The Hague.

Two police officers have been hurt, and thirty people have been arrested. While authorities examine the video, they did not rule out making more arrests in the days ahead.

With a national election just over a month away, thousands of people participated in a protest led by a right-wing activist calling for tougher immigration laws and a crackdown on asylum seekers.

Broadcaster NOS’s footage showed that large groups of protestors, many of whom were brandishing Dutch and far-right flags, engaged in violent altercations with the police, hurling rocks and bottles.

Near the demonstration site, a group of protestors briefly blocked a roadway and set a police car on fire.

According to local media, demonstrators also broke multiple windows at the D66 party offices, which is seen by many on the extreme right as a party that caters to the progressive elite.

Rob Jetten, the head of D66, stated on social media site X that there was a lot of damage inside.

If you believe you can scare us, good luck. “We will never allow radical rioters to destroy our stunning nation,” he continued.

Geert Wilders, an anti-migration populist who won the last election in the Netherlands and has been maintaining his lead in surveys in recent weeks before the vote on October 29, was asked to speak at the demonstration but chose not to go.

Rather, he called those responsible “idiots” and denounced the violence on X, calling the use of force against police “utterly unacceptable.”