Tents set up outside overcrowded asylum center
2 years, 7 months ago

Tents set up outside overcrowded asylum center

NL Times  

On Wednesday evening, the Red Cross set up tents at the overcrowded asylum application center in Ter Apel to give asylum seekers a place to sleep. Nevertheless, Red Cross director Marieke van Schaik called the situation in Ter Apel "an absolute low point" for asylum reception in the Netherlands. The situation in the overcrowded application center, where all new asylum seekers have to report, is "below any humanitarian level and downright unacceptable," she said to BNR. Van Schaik called it "distressing" that people have to sleep outside at the asylum application center while "many empty beds" are dedicated to Ukraine refugees.

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Asylum seekers have slept in emergency night shelters 60,000 times since last December
1 month ago

Asylum seekers have slept in emergency night shelters 60,000 times since last December

NL Times  

Since December last year, an average of 181 asylum seekers from Ter Apel have been taken to another location to sleep almost every day, because there were not enough beds in the registration center. Hence my frustration and anger.” Costs for emergency night shelter for asylum seekers run into the millions The use of emergency night shelters to relieve the …

UK to house migrants in tents if arrivals surge: Reports
1 year, 4 months ago

UK to house migrants in tents if arrivals surge: Reports

Hindustan Times  

The UK government is planning to house migrants in tents to help deal with any surge in small boats crossing the Channel in the coming months, British media reported Friday. Tents able to house up to 2,000 migrants have been purchased by the interior ministry, which plans to erect them on disused military sites by the end of August, several …

No end in sight to refugee bed crisis, thousands could be homeless: NRC
1 year, 10 months ago

No end in sight to refugee bed crisis, thousands could be homeless: NRC

Dutch News  

The Netherlands faces ‘social disruption’ if there is no speedy solution to the shortage of housing for refugees, the NRC reported on Friday, quoting internal documents from settlement agency COA, the IND immigration service and justice ministry. The documents make it clear there is ‘no end in sight’ and that the agencies fear a couple of thousand refugees could end …

No end in sight to refugee bed crisis, thousands could be homeless: NRC
1 year, 10 months ago

No end in sight to refugee bed crisis, thousands could be homeless: NRC

Dutch News  

The Netherlands faces ‘social disruption’ if there is no speedy solution to the shortage of housing for refugees, the NRC reported on Friday, quoting internal documents from settlement agency COA, the IND immigration service and justice ministry. The documents make it clear there is ‘no end in sight’ and that the agencies fear a couple of thousand refugees could end …

Fears of ‘operational and moral failure’ at New York’s migrant tent city
2 years, 2 months ago

Fears of ‘operational and moral failure’ at New York’s migrant tent city

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We’ve surpassed well over 15,000 asylum seekers,” New York City Council member Shahana Hanif …

Around 300 asylum seekers spend the night outdoors once again at Ter Apel
2 years, 4 months ago

Around 300 asylum seekers spend the night outdoors once again at Ter Apel

NL Times  

Around 300 people slept outside again at the registration center in Ter Apel, said a spokesperson for the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers. About 250 asylum seekers spent Friday night outside in Ter Apel. Ter Apel has been struggling for some time with great crowds because the flow of permit holders from reception locations to homes is …

“Idiotic” that tents were taken from asylum seekers, says activist; Red Cross closed
2 years, 4 months ago

“Idiotic” that tents were taken from asylum seekers, says activist; Red Cross closed

NL Times  

Two hundred tents that a group of entrepreneurs distributed to asylum seekers in Ter Apel on Monday were taken away by the police and municipality of Westerwolde on Tuesday evening. All kinds of crazy things can happen there.” The entrepreneur said there had been occasional confrontations because asylum seekers’ meager possessions allegedly got stolen. So the tents are theirs.” The …

Ter Apel asylum seekers spend another night outdoors, COA unable to find beds
2 years, 4 months ago

Ter Apel asylum seekers spend another night outdoors, COA unable to find beds

NL Times  

The Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers searched in vain on Saturday for spots for asylum seekers at Ter Apel application center to sleep. As a result, at least 200 asylum seekers had to sleep outside, according to Nu.nl. The COA attempted to find housing for the asylum seekers all day on Saturday, speaking with municipalities and security …

Record number of asylum seekers forced to sleep outside last night
2 years, 5 months ago

Record number of asylum seekers forced to sleep outside last night

NL Times  

At least 100 asylum seekers slept outside at the asylum center in Ter Apel overnight. According to an RTV Noord reporter at the scene, employees of the center let some asylum seekers in to spend the night in one of the waiting rooms just before 11:30 p.m. Around midnight, employees of the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers …

Asylum seekers slept outside at Ter Apel registration center
2 years, 5 months ago

Asylum seekers slept outside at Ter Apel registration center

NL Times  

Ten to twenty asylum seekers volunteered to spend the night outside at the asylum application center in Ter Apel. Waalre took in over 160 asylum seekers early on Tuesday evening to relieve the burden on the application center in Ter Apel, mayor Jan Boelhouwer of Waalre said. Because we receive asylum seekers an evening earlier, there is more room in …

120 people left to sleep on chairs at Ter Apel refugee centre
2 years, 7 months ago

120 people left to sleep on chairs at Ter Apel refugee centre

Dutch News  

Around 120 people were again forced to sleep on chairs and on the floor in a waiting room at the Ter Apel refugee reception centre in Groningen on Monday night because of a shortage of beds. ‘People are sitting on plastic chairs which have been glued to the ground,’ a spokesman for refugee aid group Vluchtelingenwerk told broadcaster NOS. It …

120 people left to sleep on chairs at Ter Apel refugee centre
2 years, 7 months ago

120 people left to sleep on chairs at Ter Apel refugee centre

Dutch News  

Around 120 people were again forced to sleep on chairs and on the floor in a waiting room at the Ter Apel refugee reception centre in Groningen on Monday night because of a shortage of beds. ‘People are sitting on plastic chairs which have been glued to the ground,’ a spokesman for refugee aid group Vluchtelingenwerk told broadcaster NOS. It …

Refugee charity sounds the alarm over poor conditions in emergency centres
3 years ago

Refugee charity sounds the alarm over poor conditions in emergency centres

Dutch News  

Living standards in emergency refugee centres are unacceptably low and children in particular are suffering, refugee aid group Vluchtelingenwerk said on Wednesday. In many of the emergency centres there is a lack of privacy, security and heating, while children are being denied access to education, according to Vluchtelingenwerk. Aid group workers and volunteers assessed conditions in 21 of the 35 …

Refugee charity sounds the alarm over poor conditions in emergency centres
3 years ago

Refugee charity sounds the alarm over poor conditions in emergency centres

Dutch News  

Living standards in emergency refugee centres are unacceptably low and children in particular are suffering, refugee aid group Vluchtelingenwerk said on Wednesday. In many of the emergency centres there is a lack of privacy, security and heating, while children are being denied access to education, according to Vluchtelingenwerk. Aid group workers and volunteers assessed conditions in 21 of the 35 …

Refugee advocates: Emergency asylum shelters fail to meet standards
3 years ago

Refugee advocates: Emergency asylum shelters fail to meet standards

NL Times  

The way in which refugees and asylum seekers are housed by the Netherlands in emergency reception locations is seriously lacking, according to VluchtelingenWerk, known in English as the Dutch Council for Refugees. The conclusions are the result of a study into the living conditions of 5,000 asylum seekers at 21 emergency reception locations, the Council says. Unlike the Dutch Council …

3,500 new spots for asylum seekers needed before 2022
3 years, 1 month ago

3,500 new spots for asylum seekers needed before 2022

NL Times  

The Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers said they need 3,500 extra reception places for asylum seekers before the start of next year. According to the Minister of Internal Affairs Kajsa Ollongren and State Secretary of Justice Ankie Brokers-Knol in a letter to parliament., the first 600 spots have to be arranged by December 1. In addition, 500 …

Two asylum centers for refugees from safe countries plan to shut down
3 years, 2 months ago

Two asylum centers for refugees from safe countries plan to shut down

NL Times  

Ter Apel and Budel want to close asylum seeker reception centers for refugees from safe countries in an attempt to deter them from staying in the Netherlands, NOS reported. At the same time, asylum seeker reception seekers across the country have been struggling to accommodate refugees, chair of the Central Organ for Asylum Seeker Reception, Milo Schoenmaker told the AD. …

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