Amsterdam's red light district relocation proposal sparks concerns

The Amsterdam Metropolis Council has put ahead a proposal to arrange a big new erotica centre, relocating town's notorious crimson mild district.

The deliberate constructing can have 100 locations for intercourse employees, with area for work breaks and different services, in response to the proposal. 

The council mentioned it desires to relocate authorized prostitution from the infamous metropolis centre due to residents' complaints about crime and rowdy behaviour by guests.

The European Medicines Company (EMA) expressed considerations in regards to the proposal,  fearing "the identical unfavourable impacts" close to its constructing.

Two of the three proposed places for the massive new brothel are near the EMA's headquarters in a enterprise district within the south of Amsterdam.

"The change in location of the crimson mild district is motivated by considerations about nuisance, drug dealing, drunkenness and disorderly behaviour," EMA mentioned in an assertion.

The EMA assertion added that it was "extraordinarily involved that this may create security, safety and nuisance issues" for its workers and for visiting delegates who typically have to go away late at evening. 

The EMA would "under no circumstances" be adjoining to the brand new erotica centre and there's at the least half a kilometre between the headquarter and the places into consideration, a metropolis council spokesperson mentioned.

There are few safety dangers, particularly since with the erotica centre there could be "no extra public on the road like within the Crimson Gentle District", the police informed Dutch information company ANP.

The EMA mentioned it will now work with the European Fee in Brussels to take the matter to the "highest acceptable political and diplomatic stage to make sure a protected working atmosphere," saying its work shouldn't be compromised by "fears for EU workers and specialists visiting the regulator's constructing."

The choice follows the council's ban on smoking hashish on the streets of the crimson mild district from February.