Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
Prison Cells
- Credit: Source: Flickr/Dylan Oliphant
asylum seekers
Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers
COA
complaints
De Kruisberg
Doetinchem
former prison
housing for refugees
mayor Joosten
neighbors
noise complaints
police
prison complex
stealing wifi
too much noise
Wednesday, 24 September 2014 - 09:45
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Area residents complain about refugees

Residents of Doetinchem are complaining about the noise coming from asylum seekers who have been housed in the former prison De Kruisberg. The refugees were moved there three months ago by the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) as a temporary alternative, Omroep Gelderland reports. Neighbors say that there is too much noise coming from the building in the evening and the night especially. According to Omroep Gelderland, the residents also say that the refugees walk around the neighborhood looking for open wifi connections. The neighborhood has already collected 20 complaints. The COA has meetings with the municipality, police and residents around De Kruisberg every six weeks. One neighbor, Jacques Engelen, says that there are gates to the housing complex that stand open, which is not safe for the refugees themselves, nor the residents of the area, and is not according to the agreements. A COA spokesperson tells Omroep Gelderland that the location is suitable for the housing of refugees, but that the last couple of months have been very taxing "due to the large stream of incoming asylum seekers." The COA says it is busy making more suitable arrangements for the refugees within the prison complex to improve their situation, such as installing wifi and a play area for children. Mayor Joosten of Doetinchem says that there should be more effort on the part of the COA to make the neighborhood more livable.

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • NS running fewer trains this week due to staff shortages
  • Tractors on highways, blocking distribution centers in another day of farmers protests
  • Gov’t interpreters, translators to go on one-day strike to protest work conditions
  • Regional CDA members criticize Cabinet's nitrogen policy
  • Asylum seekers have to sleep on chairs in Ter Apel application center
  • F1: Max Verstappen finishes a disappointing 7th place in the British Grand Prix

Top stories

  • NS running fewer trains this week due to staff shortages
  • Tractors on highways, blocking distribution centers in another day of farmers protests
  • House fire in Waalwijk apartment sends 3 to hospital
  • NS presents new, fast intercity train
  • Logistics companies warn of delay due to farmers protest
  • Dutch Central Bank and province of Noord-Holland apologize for historic roles in slavery

© 2012-2022, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content