Women's shelters overcrowded; Dozens of domestic abuse victims sheltered in hotels
5 years, 3 months ago

Women's shelters overcrowded; Dozens of domestic abuse victims sheltered in hotels

NL Times  

Women's shelters in the Netherlands are crowded to such an extent that women who have to flee in a hurry from their violent partner can not always count on an emergency bed. In order to still offer safe shelter to domestic abuse victims, dozens of women are accommodated in hotels every year, NOS reports based on its own research. But these emergency beds are not always free, NOS found after speaking to 20 women's shelters. Another women's shelter told NOS that they had to accommodate a woman in a holiday park last year, because all their emergency beds were full. Part of the problem is that the outflow from the shelters to homes is stagnating, Marleen van Eijndhoven, chairman of the National Network for Women's Shelters, said to NOS.

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