According to the COA, five hundred reception places were found on Sunday for people who were outside the application center in Ter Apel.
On Saturday night, 250 people still slept outdoors. According to Doctors Without Borders (AzG), which has had an aid station at the application center since Thursday, the asylum seekers were ‘terribly cold’ on Saturday night with a minimum temperature of 11 degrees.
It is not known how many people slept outside on Sunday night, when it was not one degree warmer. The COA speaks of ‘a few people’. They could also go to the registration center. To prevent them from having to lie on the cold ground, the Red Cross has made camp beds and sleeping bags available.
Inlia has also provided shelter places
On Sundays, new shelters were added in Zwolle, Doetinchem, Dordrecht and Haaksbergen. In addition, people could go to the crisis emergency shelter in Stadskanaal and Zuidbroek. Inlia has also provided shelter places at six locations in Groningen and Drenthe. Accommodation has been found for 125 teenage refugees in Amsterdam and Doetinchem.
In addition, blankets, food, drinks and other relief items were brought by individuals and institutions on Sunday.