ANP News from the NOS•today, 21:43 There is a good chance the coalition will reach an agreement on the new asylum law next Monday, after months of difficult negotiations. This law makes it easier to oblige municipalities to take in asylum seekers. The four parties are now awaiting a final and amended version of the … Read more
The request to the municipalities to organize more shelters for minors who arrived in the Netherlands without parents led to only one hundred new places. They should be 1,700 by the end of the year. If that fails, there is a “real risk” that these children will have to sleep outside in the cold or … Read more
Over the past three months, more people have again applied for asylum in the Netherlands. Statistics Netherlands reports this on the basis of data from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND). In July, August and September, more than ten thousand people applied to stay in the Netherlands for the first time. According to CBS, 10,600 … Read more
The Belgian army will help the asylum organization Fedasil find extra places for refugees. A dozen soldiers will also see if Fedasil can make better use of the current reception areas, he reports The morning. Nicole de Moor, the secretary of state responsible for asylum reception, had already asked government organizations for help several times. … Read more
The cabinet must once again give priority to refugees with residency status when allocating rental accommodation. This was stated in a report by the Advisory Council on Migration, an independent body that provides advice to the government and parliament on migration matters. Refugees with residency status can benefit from rented accommodation, but for various reasons … Read more
Jilmer Postma News from the NOS•today, 21:31 Mayors are no longer confident that the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) will be able to take emergency shelter from municipalities starting in January, as promised in the asylum agreement. That’s why they are now setting a new deadline, according to a note in … Read more
Nijmegen makes room for the emergency shelter for 200 to 250 asylum seekers in an empty city center. There, bedrooms for four people are created. A heated pavilion with toilets, sinks, showers, a meeting room and more sleeping areas will be built next to the riding school. The emergency shelter is expected to be ready … Read more
Asylum seekers can be accommodated on a luxury ferry in Velsen-Noord. The judge ruled that on Monday afternoon. Entrepreneurs from the town of North Holland had initiated summary proceedings against the reception of a thousand asylum seekers on the ship. Entrepreneurs fear accidents at the factory site near the ship. They think the reception location … Read more
The judge will decide on Monday afternoon whether a maximum of twelve hundred asylum seekers can live temporarily on a large ship in the port of Velsen-Noord. A group of neighborhood entrepreneurs have initiated summary proceedings for fear of accidents when asylum seekers enter the factory site. They also believe that the reception location is … Read more
The new director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) Christine Nijkamp has nothing good to say about the asylum system in the Netherlands. You call the system “failed” and argue that the current procedures take too long. According to Nijkamp, some groups of asylum seekers should be given the benefit of the doubt to … Read more