The court in Almelo has sentenced a 49-year-old man from Albergen to five months in prison, with three of those conditionally suspended, for threatening the mayor Anko Postma of the municipality of Tubbergen and illegal possession of a weapon. The suspect is not allowed to contact the mayor for three years; he is also banned from the mayor’s living area …
The municipality of Tubbergen, the national government and the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers have reached agreement on the reception of asylum seekers at the Hotel 't Elshuys in the village of Albergen. The COA bought the hotel without the municipality's knowledge to accommodate up to 300 asylum seekers. It was the first time the government intended …
The sale of the hotel meant to be used as reception for asylum seekers must go ahead as planned, a court in Almelo decided on Monday. "The contacts between the broker and the COA show that it was always clear that COA wanted to use the hotel for reception with many more beds than the hotel has," said the court. …
