Number of sovereigns in Overijssel big blind spot: ‘Municipalities struggle with it’

Government agencies have no idea how many so-called sovereigns live in Overijssel. This is according to research by Oost Nieuws. According to expert Ringo Ossewaarde, senior lecturer in ‘governance and society’ at the University of Twente, this is a bad thing: ‘It's just a very dangerous movement.’ Municipalities shared figures on sovereigns with us, but they only tell a fraction of the story. Article on LinkedIn (Dutch version only)