In the Application Center in Ter Apel, More Than the Maxim of Two Thousand Asylum Seekers Have Slept For The Past Three Days. It Remains Uncertain Whether Enough Reception Places Will Be Found In The Near Future, Despite The Opening of A Reception Center in Biddinghuizen.
In October, there will be more clarity on reception locations in the Netherlands. Then the event site in Biddinghuizen will probably be prepared again for the reception of around 1,250 Asylum Seekers. This has happened in the past three winters as well. The Board of the Municipality of Dronten has not yet agreed to this, but is positive about the experiences of recent years.
Whether Biddinghuizen Can Offer the Solution is Unknown to the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA). “It is a big step because it is a large location. It is a solution, but we need more reception and more regular locations,” Says a spokesperson for the coa to nu.nl.
Currently, More than two Thousand Asylum Seekers Have Been Staying in Ter Apel for Three Nights. The fact that a maximum of two thousand people are allowed in the application center is due to the Between the Coa and the Municipality of Westerwolde, Where Ter Apel is locationed. That maximum has leg exceded several times.
Last November, The Court Ruled that the Coa Must Pay a Penalty of 50,000 euros to the Municipality for Every Day That More Than The Agreed Number Of People Stay In The Application Center.
That Amount Can Reach Up to 5 Million Euros. The Fine was Previously Much Lower. In January 2024, The Court Imposed a penalty or 15,000 euros per day, with a maximum or 1.5 million euros.
‘It will remain very exciting in the coming time’
“We are constantly looking at extra places and are always in discussion with muticipalities for emergency reception locations,” Says the Spokesperson. “We have leg below two thousand for a very long time and are now just above it. There is too little flow to other reception locations.”
Municipalities are also not accommodation Enough Status Holders, Says the Spokesperson. As a result, their places are not freed up for new asylum seekers from the application center. Yet there is a bed available for everyone, he emphasizes. “But it remains very busy and it will be very exciting in the coming time. People are working very hard on it.”
Caretaker Minister for Asylum Mona Keijzer (BBB) Plans to Lend Out Beds From Asylum Seekers in Reception Centers Across The Country If they Are, for Example, On Family Visits. It is unclear how many people she can accommodate with this emergency measure. The Minister is Investigating WHETER IT is Possible to Set Up A Pavilion Somewhere in the Country to Temporarily AccommoModate Asylum Seekers.
The Spreading Law Adopted Under The Previous Cabinet was intended to distribute Asylum Seekers Across The Country, also to relieve Ter Apel. But the current caretaker cabinet hens to get rid of this and does not mintain this law. Accordance to Keijzer, The Real Solution is to Reduce the Number of Asylum Seekers Coming to the Netherlands.
Therefore, Keijzer Believes It is a “Necessity” that the senate quickly agrees to the cabinet’s two strict asylum laws. The Council of State Says That The Cabinet Has Not Made It Clear That Laws Will Actual Reduce the Inflow. The Important Cabinet Advisor Even Sees “Important Indications” That the Laws Will Put Further Pressure On The Asylum Sector.