UWV Grants 2,000 Work Permits to Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands: Major Increase in 2023

UWV Grants 2,000 Work Permits to Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands: Major Increase in 2023

Feb 1, 2024 at 12:27 Update: 30 minutes ago Not only Ukrainians, but also other newcomers are increasingly finding their way to a paid job in the Netherlands. The UWV granted two thousand work permits to asylum seekers in 2023. That is more than three times more than a year earlier. Asylum seekers are allowed … Read more

State Secretary Indicates Additional 600 Million Euros Needed for Asylum Seekers, Debate Heats Up in Dutch Parliament

State Secretary Indicates Additional 600 Million Euros Needed for Asylum Seekers, Debate Heats Up in Dutch Parliament

Jan 30, 2024 at 12:28 am At least an additional 600 million euros are needed this year to accommodate asylum seekers, but that may not be enough. This was said by outgoing State Secretary Eric van der Burg (Asylum Affairs) on Monday in a debate with the House of Representatives about the asylum and migration … Read more

COA Ordered to Reduce Asylum Seeker Numbers in Ter Apel or Face 1.5M Euro Penalty

COA Ordered to Reduce Asylum Seeker Numbers in Ter Apel or Face 1.5M Euro Penalty

By Job van der Plicht and Sanne Oving Jan 23, 2024 at 2:20 PM Update: 8 minutes ago The COA must ensure that within four weeks there will be fewer than two thousand people staying in the registration center in Ter Apel. The municipality of Westerwolde, which includes Ter Apel, receives 15,000 euros for every … Read more

Westerwolde to Bring Lawsuit Against COA for Overcrowded Asylum Center in Ter Apel

Westerwolde to Bring Lawsuit Against COA for Overcrowded Asylum Center in Ter Apel

Jan 10, 2024 at 2:13 PM Westerwolde wants fewer than two thousand asylum seekers to be received in Ter Apel again. If it doesn’t work, COA would have to pay 25,000 euros per day. The COA fears that such an absolute limit will no longer be able to accommodate all asylum seekers. Everyone in the … Read more

Unworkable Situation in Ter Apel: Judge Examining Problems Surrounding Asylum Seeker Center

Unworkable Situation in Ter Apel: Judge Examining Problems Surrounding Asylum Seeker Center

Jan 8, 2024 at 5:07 am This week the judge is looking at problems surrounding the registration center in Ter Apel. The municipality of Westerwolde wants the agreements made to be fulfilled again. This “unworkable situation” in the asylum seeker center is also felt in Ter Apel itself. In brief The court in Groningen will … Read more

Municipality of Westerwolde Files Lawsuit Against COA Over Asylum Seeker Situation in Ter Apel

Municipality of Westerwolde Files Lawsuit Against COA Over Asylum Seeker Situation in Ter Apel

Dec 22, 2023 at 4:50 PM Update: an hour ago The municipality of Westerwolde is filing a lawsuit against the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) due to the large number of asylum seekers in Ter Apel. The municipality confirmed this after reporting about the program One today on Radio 1. According … Read more

Asylum seekers at Van der Valk hotel in Uden will not be sent away despite judge’s suspension

Asylum seekers at Van der Valk hotel in Uden will not be sent away despite judge’s suspension

The asylum seekers who arrived at the Van der Valk hotel in Uden on Wednesday will not be sent away. The municipality of Maashorst, which includes Uden, will not enforce the judge’s suspension and will await next Friday’s trial. The judge suspended the permit for shelter in the hotel on Wednesday, after local residents went … Read more

Judge Suspends Permit for Asylum Shelter at Van der Valk Hotel in Uden, Brabant

Judge Suspends Permit for Asylum Shelter at Van der Valk Hotel in Uden, Brabant

Dec 20, 2023 at 2:22 pm Update: an hour ago The asylum shelter in the Van der Valk hotel in Uden in Brabant is not allowed to open on Wednesday. The judge has suspended the permit for two days, the East Brabant court reports. On Tuesday, the municipality of Maashorst, which includes Uden, issued a … Read more

VVD Leader Dilan Yesilgöz Advises Against Postponing Discussion on Dispersal Law: Outgoing Cabinet in Disagreement

VVD Leader Dilan Yesilgöz Advises Against Postponing Discussion on Dispersal Law: Outgoing Cabinet in Disagreement

Dec 14, 2023 at 12:22 AM Update: 16 minutes ago The outgoing cabinet advises against the motion by VVD leader Dilan Yesilgöz to postpone the discussion of the dispersal law in the Senate. With this, outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte whistles back on his successor as VVD leader. Yesilgöz tabled the motion during the debate … Read more

Poor Hygiene Conditions at Asylum Seeker Center in Ter Apel Shock Officials and Prompt Outcry

Poor Hygiene Conditions at Asylum Seeker Center in Ter Apel Shock Officials and Prompt Outcry

Dec 7, 2023 at 11:28 AM Update: an hour ago Hygiene at the asylum seeker center in Ter Apel once again leaves much to be desired. Full waste bins, filthy toilets and dirty mattresses seem to be the norm, it appears inspection report from GGD Groningen. The situation is therefore “untenable”. The hygiene in the … Read more