Tag: Refugees
A shelter for refugees in rapid speed: that’s how they do it in Lexmond
“There, on the right, will be the laundry room. And on the left eighteen residential units,” explains Gordon van Wijk, crisis management adviser at Vijfheerenlanden. It’s a busy time. “The…
Ukrainian refugees allowed to stay at Baarn hospital
The Maarschalksbos, in which the hospital is built, was given to Baarn by the wealthy Miss IJsendijk at the time, on the condition that it would leave the forest undisturbed.…
Hong Kong refugees in London: “I had no choice”
The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China was held on October 16. Hong Kong, a former British colony, is now the scene of repression by the Chinese regime.…
Bullet through the church: Nieuwegein gets a reception ship for 100 refugees
And to get back to the ship itself: that won’t be the MS Serena (which was the plan before), but the MS Princess. An 80-metre vessel, normally used to take…
Soest needs more space for Ukrainian refugees: “No guarantee that the power will decrease”
There are currently 139 Ukrainians living in Soest who have fled the war violence in their country. In March, shortly after the influx of refugees had started, the municipality was…
Syrian refugees try to form a ‘caravan’ to reach the EU
A group of Syrian refugees tries to form a “caravan” from Turkey in order to reach the European Union as a group. Through a channel launched six days ago on…
Cabinet and municipalities want to avert the asylum crisis with 740 million euros, but how?
At the moment, a second registration center is also being considered to relieve the pressure on Ter Apel. That is why Bant, a village in the Noordoostpolder, is in the…
displaced people in Zaporizhia flee the high cost of living and the persecutions of the Russian occupation
The Ukrainian counter-offensive in the south and east continues, with an apparently successful breakthrough by Kyiv forces in the Kharkiv region bordering Russia. In south-eastern Ukraine, Zaporizhia continues to see…
Why is the reception of asylum seekers so difficult?
Hotels, event halls and sports halls: all kinds of locations are used to receive asylum seekers. And this week it was announced that the municipality of Nieuwegein will receive a…
‘100 people are now coming your way’: this is how Utrecht quickly received asylum seekers from Ter Apel
Hundreds of asylum seekers sleep for days outside the application center in Ter Apel. Not in tents, but in sleeping bags under stretched tarpaulins. There is not always food and…