Etiket: Apel
Ter Apel not relieved, COA is facing a penalty
Mayor Velema’s illness Mayor Jaap Velema of the municipality of Westerwolde, which includes Ter Apel, has been admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital. The mayor is suffering…
COA must pay a penalty from Tuesday for overcrowded Ter Apel
The Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) is unable to structurally reduce the number of asylum seekers in Ter Apel below the agreed two thousand. The COA…
Kind van Ter Apel never bangs his fist on the table: ‘As mayor he is super involved’
For years, Jaap Velema, mayor of Westerwolde and therefore of Ter Apel, has been in crisis mode. On Wednesday he will receive the prestigious Machiavelli Prize for public communication. Portrait…
Archaeological association wants to help prevent illegal soil theft near the Monastery in Ter Apel
The Archeology and Monument Foundation (SAM) wants to help prevent illegal theft of mineral resources near the Monastery in Ter Apel. She has therefore offered her help to Staatsbosbeheer (SBB).…
Report on the pros and cons of Ter Apel asylum center on the table in the summer: ‘Quality takes time’
The much-discussed report listing the pros and cons of the asylum center in Ter Apel will not be ready until next summer. This is what Mayor Jaap Velema of Westerwolde…
The International Climate Center in Groningen has existed for five years. ‘We want to ensure that people do not have to leave before they end up in Ter Apel’
The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) in Groningen has existed for five years. But what actually happens in this ambitious research institute for climate adaptation, which was lobbied so hard…
Special shelter for nuisance asylum seekers in Ter Apel is hardly getting off the ground
The separate reception of asylum seekers who cause nuisance in Ter Apel and the surrounding area is not on track. The increase in the number of places announced by the…
What will change in asylum shelter Ter Apel after the ruling? Mayor Velema: ‘They will have to do more than their best’
The court ruling that obliges the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) to adhere to the agreed 2,000 asylum seekers in Ter Apel is a step forward.…
Vries divided about the arrival of asylum seekers’ center: ‘This will not be Ter Apel’
Since the announcement, Thijsen has had hectic days, he says. “Lots of phone calls, texts. At first negative, lately sometimes positive. I expected this. Six, seven years ago, the arrival…
Machiavelli Prize goes to Ter Apel mayor Velema
Jaap Velema, mayor of the Groningen municipality of Westerwolde, which also includes the village of Ter Apel, wins this year’s Machiavelli Prize for public communication. The foundation behind the award…