Rotterdam expands ‘deterrence system’ with 15 buzzing mosquitoes | Inland

This is reported by RTV Rijnmond. The mosquito is apparently the best idea for municipalities to scare away young people. The lockers will be placed in places where the neighborhood complains about loitering youth. The equipment has been used for years in about 100 municipalities in the Netherlands.

‘Certificate of incapacity’

In 2010 there was still a fuss about the cabinets. The Council of Europe had ruled that they violate the European Convention on Human Rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Mayor Eberhard van der Laan banned the cabinets a year later.

Several ministers have also given the municipalities a blow in the past. That’s how Guusje ter Horst called it a certificate of inability. “You don’t even try to get in touch with those young people.”

In Rotterdam most of the cabinets were removed at the time. Innocent young people also suffered from it. Parents with babies had questions. But recently there have been more and more boxes, which again lead to criticism. GroenLinks, Denk and the SP still spoke in 2020 about ‘the chase system’.

‘s at night

The new lockers are turned on between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. “The mosquito will not be used to keep young people from a square during the day. I do, however, want to increase the number of mosquitoes to allow people living in the vicinity of squares and courtyards where there is a lot of nuisance from young people in the late hours, “says Mayor Aboutaleb.

The location of the new cabinets has not been announced.

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