The video below was composited from two separate clips shown on Dutch television. They show footage of the behavior of culture-enrichers on a bus whose route includes a stop at the asylum center. In the panel discussion, you’ll notice a Gutmensch makes the point that these mischievous youths are not representative of the entire population of asylum seekers, but are only a tiny minority of extremists.

Many thanks to C for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:

Video transcript:

00:03 Wallah [I swear to allah] I am free [?] —Racist racist! Racist racist!

00:08 It’s good, it’s good! It’s good, it’s good [?] —I have [?] Why not?

00:14 This was a fragment, recorded yesterday on line 73 between Emmen and ter Apel.

00:19 There are frequent problems with asylum seekers from safe countries on this line.

00:23 The footage shows that the driver and two stewards

00:27 got in an argument with a group of asylum seekers.

00:30 Come on! Come on now! [?] Visa? Visa? You don’t want to shake my hand [?]

00:35 Come on then [?] Racist, racist! Racist, racist! […]

00:41 Come on then! It’s you, huh! Open da f***ing door! Open da f***! —No no no. —Hey stop, stop, stop!

00:46 Stop stop stop! Hey, stop the f***ing bus! —No!

00:50 Stop da f***ing bus! Right now! Call the police!

00:54 Because they have ticket! OK! Yeah, call it! Call it! I cannot go!

01:00 F***ing s***! —Out, come on, come. —Hey!

01:04 Get out! —No! I have ticket!

01:08 Problems here! Problems here! —I die [?] dude.

01:12 Drive, drive, drive!

01:17 Yes, Michel van der Mark, you are a spokesman for Qbuzz. Seeing this footage, what do you think of it?

01:21 These are shocking images. I heard about this, I talk about this with my colleagues, but seeing.

01:27 is more intense. We see CCTV footage sometimes, but this was filmed by a bus passenger.

01:33 and that makes an impression. —Does it impress you too, Andre?

01:37 Yes, rather. But, this is not an isolated problem anymore.

01:42 Look, we have [?]. The largest reception centre of the country is in Ter Apel.

01:46 There’s a lot of burglary there.

01:50 Now we have this. Not for the first time either. Shouldn’t the Hague

01:55 [national govt] take action, take measures?

01:59 I think the number of police officers hasn’t changed. I think

02:03 [the government] should pay attention to that.

02:07 Of course it’s a broad political problem, we’re talking about shopkeepers,

02:11 the security of the streets, and — the reason I’m here — the security of the busses.

02:14 It’s difficult to find a solution. This has to stop in any case,

02:18 in the interest of the safety of our drivers.

02:23 But that won’t stop the problems in other places, I think that’s what you’re trying to say.

02:27 This is a complex problem, bigger than just the bus [line], but for us, we’ve reached our limits.

02:33 The incident we just saw, how often does this happen?

02:37 We have incidents like this, not always this serious, three or four times a week.

02:42 It changes with the seasons. To be clear, you just said

02:46 asylum seekers, but it’s really a small group of

02:49 asylum seekers who are here, but really aren’t supposed to be here.

02:54 There are many more people in ter Apel, they don’t cause any problems. It’s a group

03:00 of 30, 40 people from safe countries who throw tantrums, cause these problems for all of us.

03:06 What was the cause of this incident? —It started with the young man you saw

03:10 in the video, who turned out to have a valid ticket,

03:13 but his three buddies or family members didn’t,

03:16 so they weren’t allowed on the bus. So an argument started.

03:19 a heated argument. The problem is they stop just short of crossing the line.

03:23 There’s a little pushing, but no spitting; it’s just short of an infraction,

03:28 but it’s so intimidating, but not enough for prosecution. We did file a complaint

03:33 over this, though, because it’s not acceptable.

03:39 There’ll be a separate shuttle bus for people from safe countries, but parliament has decided

03:44 it won’t be free. Do you expect the same troubles on that new line?

03:49 Indeed, we can expect to see the same problems.

03:52 In our proposal, which we drew up with input from the drivers:

03:55 “How do we solve this problem, we as drivers, working with the Ministry?”

03:59 We decided on a shuttle bus. And yes, money is the problem.

04:03 If payment is required, it won’t be on the bus, but in advance, or in some other way.

04:10 Won’t the driver of the shuttle have the exact same problem? —Absolutely.

04:14 That problem is re-introduced, as you say. So, if they pay, fine, but they can do that.

04:18 For example at the COA [refugee agency], they buy a ticket there.

04:22 Or some other way, that doesn’t concern us.

04:25 For us it’s important that they not ride our buses, that a solution for the shuttle bus

04:29 and payment will be found; politicians have been clear about this.

04:34 Now the ball is in COA’s court; they have to solve the payment issue. —There’ll be a 3 month trial,

04:39 starting on May 1, and Drenthe Tours will run that line.

04:44 Yes, I learned that on your news program. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

04:49 We’re working with a nationwide player who works for the COA and the Ministry.

04:55 If they hire a subcontractor, that’s fine, but no contract has been signed yet,

04:58 and no names have been made public, so somebody is leaking.

05:01 Quite possible, that wouldn’t be the first time. The drivers and stewards, how are they doing?

05:06 The driver got a fright but he’s doing fine now. The same goes for the stewards, and it may

05:12 sound odd, but for them this is another day at the office.

05:18 This may seem extreme to us, but… This shouldn’t be the new normal. For the stewards, OK,

05:23 there’s a video now, but we experience this several times a week, so…

05:29 Are you happy this video is out? —That’s complicated. We’re often asked for CCTV footage;

05:33 we only give that to the Ministry of Justice, for prosecution, let that be clear.

05:38 This is from the traveller’s point of view. I think I wouldn’t want my child

05:42 to travel on that bus, so I’m happy in that respect.

05:46 But it’s very sad, given the incident. But it creates a new form of PR,

05:52 which will be abused in some ways, because there are groups that will generalize from this.

06:00 That’s not the message we and our drivers want to broadcast; it’s a small group

06:03 of 30, 40 people who ruin it for the rest —That’s clear. Thank you for your comments.

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00:00 …a complaint is filed, and then what? Are they arrested, and put in a cell?

00:05 Many of these incidents, after they happen, the police come,

00:09 they arrest them, and a complaint is filed.

00:13 The same groups that the police say we can’t do anything about.

00:17 They take them to the station in Emmen, they’re off the streets for an hour,

00:21 and they return on the bus. —They return on the same bus [?]

00:27 what is more important is that our colleagues and our passengers, our regular passengers.

00:32 for example, a mother in Emmen with a 14-year-old daughter,

00:36 the girl can’t take this bus to school anymore.

00:39 I find it a scandal that this is no longer possible. [PC person Jan Mulder:] It seems to me