Police drag environmental protesters from hall of Amsterdam airport

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Saturday's demonstration did not disrupt air traffic at Amsterdam's Schiphol, one of Europe's busiest airports.

AMSTERDAM - Dutch military police began forcibly removing a group of environmental protesters from the main hall of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Saturday after they refused to leave.

A group of around 100 activists from Greenpeace and Extinction Rebellion gathered inside the airport's entrance hall, chanting slogans for"climate justice" and carrying signs including one that advised travellers to"take the train". Dozens of police from the Marechausse, the force that guards Dutch borders, began removing the protesters one at a time, dragging or carrying those that resisted.

Schiphol, owned by the Dutch state, says it does have a climate plan, which among other measures includes cutting emissions on the ground by using electric vehicles.

 

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