ANPAsylum seekers arrive at an old hotel NOS news•yesterday, 9:42 p.m Cities are criticizing the government’s request to urgently set up additional reception areas for asylum seekers. Outgoing Secretary of State Van der Burg and Minister De Jonge yesterday asked the provinces and the five largest municipalities 12,000 more places to create Accordingly, another emergency … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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