Tag: ASYLUM CRISIS
Mayor Houten threatened over asylum seeker issue, 53-year-old man arrested
Houten – A 53-year-old man has been arrested for “seriously threatening” mayor Gilbert Isabella van Houten. According to the municipality, the suspect’s statements had to do with the much-discussed Houten…
Nieuwegein receives refugees in an empty exhibition hall: they were there within four days
In the Beursfabriek it is now an empty top floor, exactly as you would imagine an exhibition hall. Practical brown carpeting, a corrugated iron ceiling and nothing else. “The Utrecht…
Eemnes places 32 young asylum seekers in a bungalow park: ‘It will be a large family with many children’
“We don’t know who they are yet, but it is a group that we want to work hard for,” says councilor Mirjam Havinga. “Given the supply, there is a good…
Amersfoort will temporarily accommodate asylum seekers in the Campanile Hotel
According to the municipality, the asylum seekers come from various countries, including Syria, Yemen, Eritrea and Afghanistan. They are waiting for their procedure for applying for a residence permit. The…
The departure of an alderman should not lead to a delay in asylum reception, according to Houten council members
Councilors think it is “a great shame” that he is leaving and praise him as a nice person and very knowledgeable councilor who had short lines of communication with councilors…
Almost all Utrecht municipalities are behind in housing status holders
Councilor Havinga then announced that he did not expect to achieve the target even with this rigorous measure. “About thirty to fifty homes become available in Eemnes every year. If…
Soesters bring asylum seekers’ center protest to town hall: ‘140 asylum seekers is too many’
Dozens of residents of the Soester district of Smitsveen have objected to a possible asylum seeker center in their neighborhood in the municipal council. The municipality recently announced that it…
Mayor Leusden about the arrival of the asylum seeker center: ‘Communication should have been better’
Bouwmeester pulled out all the stops to show the council and local residents that the process with the COA was conducted with integrity, according to the Leusder Krant. According to…
Eemnes divided over priority for status holders in social housing: ‘Amersfoorters are already outsiders’
The average time it takes for a resident of Eemnes to find social housing is three years and three months, a spokesperson for the municipality of Eemnes said. The search…
Hundreds of signatures against possible asylum seekers’ center in Open Hof Soest
The objectors, who call themselves residents of the Smitsveen district on Petitie24.nl, put forward ten reasons why the Open Court is not suitable as an asylum seekers’ center. In their…