Inspectorate about situation Ter Apel: ‘We could not do more than keep insisting’ | Asylum crisis

16 jan 2023 om 20:36Update: een dag geleden The health inspectorate believes that she did everything in her power last summer for the health of asylum seekers in Ter Apel. On Monday morning it turned out that the Groningen Security Region didn’t listen to inspection warnings about the health risks for the hundreds of outdoor … Read more

Cabinet appeals and does not relax family reunification policy | Politics

Door Priscilla Slomp en onze nieuwsredactie 23 dec 2022 om 17:12Update: 2 dagen geleden The cabinet does not agree with the ruling of several judges on the family reunification policy for family members of beneficiaries. Several courts ruled this week that postponing family reunification is against the law. The government will appeal to the Council … Read more

At least four dead after sinking migrant boat in ice-cold water Canal | Abroad

14 dec 2022 om 11:30Update: een dag geleden A small boat carrying migrants has sunk in the Channel between France and the United Kingdom, British media report. Both French and British rescuers have turned out en masse to get people out of the sea. The BBC reports that at least four people have died. According … Read more

Human Rights College: Preference for status holders in social housing, no discrimination | inland

According to the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights, giving priority to beneficiaries when allocating social housing is not discrimination. From 1 August, the municipality of Utrecht set a six-week period in which social rental homes were allocated to status holders in order to house the required number. The municipality of Utrecht had to house 650 … Read more

Municipalities are catching up on housing permit holders, but asylum seekers’ centers remain full | Asylum crisis

03 dec 2022 om 05:00 Municipalities have largely succeeded in offering a house to the mandatory number of status holders this year. In recent months they have caught up – in sometimes creative ways. At the same time, this does not result in much extra air in the overcrowded asylum seekers’ centres. In the past … Read more

COA finds new asylum law ‘too complex’ and fears that it will not help quickly enough | inland

01 dec 2022 om 12:17 The Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) finds the asylum law proposed by State Secretary Eric van der Burg (Asylum) too complex and thinks that it will not help with the reception crisis in the short term. That writes Fidelity. Nidos, the guardianship organization for unaccompanied refugee … Read more

Half of child refugees reunited with family within five years | inland

28 nov 2022 om 00:00 Of all minor refugees who were granted asylum in the Netherlands in 2015, half were reunited with family members within five years. This is evident from new figures from Statistics Netherlands on Monday. This percentage of family members traveling in connection with other asylum seekers is much lower. In 2015, … Read more

Municipalities receive 2,500 euros per extra shelter, coercion if that doesn’t work | asylum crisis

08 nov 2022 om 19:33Update: een dag geleden Municipalities that voluntarily offer more places for asylum seekers than is asked of them will receive a reward of 2,500 euros per place. This is stated in the bill of State Secretary Eric van der Burg (Asylum). They only receive the reward if they receive at least … Read more

Municipalities receive 2,500 euros per extra shelter, coercion if that doesn’t work | asylum crisis

08 nov 2022 om 19:33Update: een dag geleden Municipalities that voluntarily offer more places for asylum seekers than is asked of them will receive a reward of 2,500 euros per place. This is stated in the bill of State Secretary Eric van der Burg (Asylum). They only receive the reward if they receive at least … Read more

Cabinet appeals against asylum decision: reception not in order within 9 months | NOW

The cabinet will appeal against the asylum decision of the court. He said that the emergency shelter must meet the minimum requirements again within nine months, because asylum seekers are currently being received “not humanely”. But according to State Secretary Eric van der Burg (Asylum), the deadline is too tight. According to Van der Burg, … Read more