The Dutch State Secretary of Justice and Security, Marc Harbers has confirmed on Wednesday that they won’t allow the American preacher Steven Anderson to enter the Netherlands and other Schengen member states.

The decision is taken after authorities in the Netherlands were put in pressure from different parties and individuals, including many parliament members, non-governmental organizations and even the Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema to stop the controversial preacher from entering the country.

In response to these calls, Harbers has assured on Wednesday that all necessary measures are put in place to ban the planned visit of Steven Anderson on May 23. However, he didn’t provide more details as per what these measures will contain.

“The government is taking strong action against extremist speakers who, by spreading their beliefs, restrict the freedoms of others or even incite hatred or violence” read Harbers’ declaration among others.

Steven Anderson is an American preacher known for its hateful statements, particularly against LGBT people. In one of his speeches, he once claimed that LGBT stands for “Let God Burn Them” causing anger among many LGBT organizations and other parties concerned with these issues.

In 2016, after an attack took place in a gay bar in Orlando after 50 people were killed, Anderson posted a YouTube video on his Twitter and said that this was a good news because there were “50 fewer paedophiles in the world”. His extremism statements went even further when he questioned the evidence of the Holocaust.

The Netherlands is not the first country to deny entrance to Steven Anderson. Several countries, including the UK, Botswana and South Africa have already banned the American hate preacher to enter their countries.