Utrecht catches hundreds of asylum seekers in Ter Apel
From Monday, the municipality of Utrecht will realize two hundred extra temporary crisis shelters for asylum seekers from Ter Apel. This happens after an urgent request from the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA). Mayor Sharon Dijksma calls it “unacceptable” that the application center in Ter Apel is “overflowing with crowds”.
The places will be in the former Holland Casino building near the Jaarbeurs. This concerns a maximum period of four weeks. The mayor and also chairman of the Utrecht Security Region announced this on Sunday. The shelters are intended for refugees from countries other than Ukraine.