In the application center for asylum seekers in Ter Apel, people have to sleep on a chair again in the night from Sunday to Monday. There is too little capacity due to the crowds. A spokesperson for the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) could not say exactly how many people were … Read more
Stadskanaal will offer shelter to asylum seekers who cannot get a bed in the application center in Ter Apel because of the crowds there. The Groningen municipality has offered the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) to use a transfer location for Ukrainians. That location with a hundred beds is empty. Stadskanaal, … Read more
The Ter Apel application center is once again overcrowded. At least 100 people have to spend the night from Tuesday to Wednesday in a chair in the recreation room or the waiting area of the application center. This is reported by a spokesperson for the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA). There … Read more
There is no bed available for more than 120 asylum seekers in the reception center in Ter Apel on Monday evening. They have to spend the night in the waiting room of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, where they have to sleep on a chair. A spokesperson for the Central Agency for the Reception of … Read more
The cabinet will compensate municipalities for the costs they have incurred for care and support for Ukrainian refugees. The amount per municipality has yet to be determined, but the cabinet assumes that a total of 20.5 million euros will be needed. The number of Ukrainian displaced persons is “so large” that municipalities should not be … Read more
The 25 security regions aim to realize 150 extra reception places for asylum seekers in each region in the coming three weeks. This short-term solution will relieve the asylum seekers’ center in Ter Apel for a while. In three weeks’ time, the Security Council will discuss a structural solution. According to State Secretary Eric van … Read more
A group of about a hundred asylum seekers will stay two nights longer in the village of Tweede Exloërmond in Drenthe. They had been transferred from the overcrowded application center in Ter Apel and were to leave the emergency shelter on Saturday, but there is no new place for them yet. According to the municipality … Read more
Temporary reception locations for asylum seekers will soon also be opened in Delft and Roosendaal. It is the first time in ten years that asylum seekers have been received in both municipalities. According to the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA), Delft, Roosendaal and Westland were “until recently” the three municipalities that … Read more