Due to the shortage of shelter places, people again have to sleep outside at the registration center in Ter Apel. It is not known how many people are involved this time.
The previous night 250 people slept outside, the nights before that there were 300 and 70 people.
The municipality of Westerwolde, which includes Ter Apel, has designated the forecourt of the application center as a safety risk area on Friday. This means that the police and the municipality have more options for supervision and, for example, to carry out preventive searches. Its purpose is to protect especially vulnerable women and children, as well as personnel working in the field.
Recently, asylum seekers regularly slept outside. The Groningen registration center has been busy for months, where people also spent the night on chairs in the waiting areas. Asylum seekers centers no longer have a place and status holders cannot move on to a home due to, among other things, the overheated housing market.