‘Second Ter Apel’ encounters resistance: ‘We are already doing our bit’ | Inland

Street scene of Bant with place name sign. In addition to the asylum seekers’ center in Luttergeest, a location near Bant has been found for a second application center for asylum seekers near Bant in the Noordoostpolder municipality.

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Bant – With their plan for a ‘second Ter Apel’ in Bant in Flevoland, the Cabinet and COA encountered resistance in the Noordoostpolder municipality. Not because the municipality is against asylum seekers – in Luttelgeest, a stone’s throw from the planned location, asylum seekers have been received for years. That’s it right, says Alex Tuinenga councilor of the Political Union: “We are already doing our bit.”