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Venlo Business Owner Backs Wilders Amid Immigration Tensions

10/29/2025

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Hans Schreurs, a 66-year-old Venlo local business owner, plans to vote for Geert Wilders and the Party for Freedom because immigration is linked to housing and crime.
Geert Wilders has gained prominence with anti-immigrant rhetoric linking migration to the housing crisis.
The upcoming parliamentary election is seen as a referendum on the far-right's influence.
Some residents fear asylum seekers.
Protests over an asylum center highlight the town's divided views on immigration.

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Hans Schreurs, a 66-year-old Venlo local business owner, plans to vote for Geert Wilders and the Party for Freedom because immigration is linked to housing and crime.
Geert Wilders has gained prominence with anti-immigrant rhetoric linking migration to the housing crisis.
The upcoming parliamentary election is seen as a referendum on the far-right's influence.
Some residents fear asylum seekers.
Protests over an asylum center highlight the town's divided views on immigration.