Arnhem unveils 30-year plan to house 1,700 asylum seekers
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Arnhem unveils 30-year plan to house 1,700 asylum seekers

Dutch News  

The city of Arnhem has agreed a 30-year deal to accommodate 1,700 asylum seekers – more than double its quota under Dutch government rules. “We think that a city like Arnhem, with the capacity we have, can easily offer 2,000 accommodation places for refugees, 1,700 of them through the Coa and 300 for displaced Ukrainians,” Smeulders said. “Wasted talent” “At the moment there is a huge amount of wasted talent at asylum seekers’ centres all over the Netherlands,” Smeulders said. There are huge shortages in the labour market, but people in asylum seekers’ centres can hardly do anything apart from play table tennis.” Smeulders, who represents the left-wing GroenLinks party in the local coalition, added that Arnhem would hold firm on its course even if the incoming government restricts provisions for refugees.

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Arnhem unveils 30-year plan to house 1,700 asylum seekers
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Arnhem unveils 30-year plan to house 1,700 asylum seekers

Dutch News  

The city of Arnhem has agreed a 30-year deal to accommodate 1,700 asylum seekers – more than double its quota under Dutch government rules. “We think that a city like Arnhem, with the capacity we have, can easily offer 2,000 accommodation places for refugees, 1,700 of them through the Coa and 300 for displaced Ukrainians,” Smeulders said. “Wasted talent” “At …

Government asylum housing plans to cost millions more than hotels – watchdog
9 months ago

Government asylum housing plans to cost millions more than hotels – watchdog

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The National Audit Office said the Home Office expects …

Pressure on asylum reception remains high in 2024, additional places needed
1 year, 1 month ago

Pressure on asylum reception remains high in 2024, additional places needed

NL Times  

The reception of asylum seekers will remain under pressure in 2024, as there will be a high influx and too little outflow of status holders to regular housing. As a result, several tens of thousands of additional shelter places may be needed next year, according to the six-monthly Multi-Year Production Forecast that outgoing State Secretary Christophe van der Maat has …

Cost of accommodating asylum seekers expected to be €3bn higher
1 year, 8 months ago

Cost of accommodating asylum seekers expected to be €3bn higher

Dutch News  

The cost of looking after asylum seekers in 2023 is expected to be €3 billion higher than originally forecast because of an increase in refugees coupled with an accommodation shortage, NRC reported on Tuesday. Asylum minister Eric van der Burg is trying to steer a law through parliament that would allow him to identify locations to accommodate asylum seekers over …

Cost of accommodating asylum seekers expected to be €3bn higher
1 year, 8 months ago

Cost of accommodating asylum seekers expected to be €3bn higher

Dutch News  

The cost of looking after asylum seekers in 2023 is expected to be €3 billion higher than originally forecast because of an increase in refugees coupled with an accommodation shortage, NRC reported on Tuesday. Asylum minister Eric van der Burg is trying to steer a law through parliament that would allow him to identify locations to accommodate asylum seekers over …

Almost 30,000 asylum seekers are waiting to be assessed, nearing 2015 record
2 years, 2 months ago

Almost 30,000 asylum seekers are waiting to be assessed, nearing 2015 record

Dutch News  

Almost 30,000 asylum seekers are waiting to have their cases assessed by the immigration service IND, according to August figures from European statistics agency Eurostat. ‘The longer refugees have to wait for their procedure, the more places are needed in refugee centres,’ spokesman Martijn van der Linden told broadcaster NOS. ‘The fact that the backlog is reaching a new record …

Almost 30,000 asylum seekers are waiting to be assessed, nearing 2015 record
2 years, 2 months ago

Almost 30,000 asylum seekers are waiting to be assessed, nearing 2015 record

Dutch News  

Almost 30,000 asylum seekers are waiting to have their cases assessed by the immigration service IND, according to August figures from European statistics agency Eurostat. ‘The longer refugees have to wait for their procedure, the more places are needed in refugee centres,’ spokesman Martijn van der Linden told broadcaster NOS. ‘The fact that the backlog is reaching a new record …

Thousands of asylum seekers still waiting for an answer
3 years, 11 months ago

Thousands of asylum seekers still waiting for an answer

NL Times  

The Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Service still has to process 7,000 overdue asylum applications that should have been processed last year. In her letter, Broekers-Knol writes that “due to the large number of overdue asylum cases that have been are being handled in a relatively short period of time and the circumstance in which this happens – parallel to the …

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