Crisis or mismanagement? Unpacking the Dutch asylum debate
The Dutch government is contemplating declaring an asylum crisis to address the rising number of asylum seekers. The declaration would ...
Tag: ter apel
Major concerns over shortage of space for asylum seekers
Ter Apel’s reception centre for asylum seekers has exceeded its legal maximum capacity for over a week. The Central Agency ...
Asylum seeker numbers below 2000 in Ter Apel but not for long
The asylum seeker reception centre in Ter Apel was able to comply with its legally imposed capacity last weekend but ...
One-third of Dutch municipalities skipped asylum seeker hosting in the past 12 years
In the last 12 years, almost one in three Dutch municipalities – a total of 111 out of 342 – ...
Entrepreneur threatens to sue officials over removal of asylum seeker tents
Groningen entrepreneur and activist Willem Straat has threatened to take the municipality of Westerwolde to court over the confiscation of ...
Ter Apel refugees no longer sleeping outside, but crisis far from over
Asylum seekers looking to go through the registration process in Ter Apel are no longer sleeping outside, as of the ...
Ter Apel refugee reception crisis reaches boiling point
Following weeks of increasingly overcrowded conditions, the Groningen Security Region has opened investigations into the legal possibilities of a temporary ...
300 asylum seekers sleep outside reception center in Ter Apel
Between 250 and 300 asylum seekers slept outside the overcrowded refugee reception centre in Ter Apel on the evening of ...
Thirty asylum seekers sleep on the floor outside reception centre in Ter Apel
Thirty asylum seekers slept on the floors of the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) in Ter ...
Ter Apel situation under control, cabinet looks for more permanent solution
Following weeks of over-crowding, temporary tents provided by the Red Cross are finally being removed from outside the refugee reception ...
