In the application center for asylum seekers in Ter Apel, asylum seekers again had to sleep on chairs last night, because there is too little capacity due to crowds. A spokesperson for the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) did not know how many people are involved.
In recent months it has regularly happened that the influx of asylum seekers is so great that there are not enough beds available. This has previously led to asylum seekers sleeping in the open air, and the COA also set up tents next to the application centre.
Security regions will take turns providing emergency emergency shelter for six hundred asylum seekers, each 150 for two weeks. Friesland and Groningen are now doing this in sports halls in Heerenveen, Finsterwolde and Leek. Zeeland has the former library of Terneuzen available. As far as is known, Amsterdam-Amstelland does not yet have a location. The reception is not yet enough to provide all asylum seekers with a place to sleep.