Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers

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Red Cross workers setting up stretchers in a sports hall that will be an emergency shelter for asylum seekers
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Most Dutch municipalities back asylum distribution law but resist implementation
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A cover on a bicycle in Amsterdam says, "Asylum seekers are okay". February 2014
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Amsterdam adds 230 asylum shelter spots; Hundreds attend solidarity protest in Utrecht
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A small group of people gathered at the Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center in November 2014
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Dutch asylum agency must pay municipalities more than €10 million in fines
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Sign at the entrance of the Ter Apel registration center.
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Video: Police break up unauthorized protest at Ter Apel asylum center; Two arrested
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Riot police officer surrounded by smoke
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Violent anti-asylum protests prompt Loosdrecht to cut asylum intake
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A small group of people gathered at the Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center in November 2014
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Overcrowding eases at Ter Apel asylum center for first time in months
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The Silja Europa, a cruise ship that was scheduled to house 1,000 asylum seekers in Velsen-Noord. 16 Oct. 2013
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Doctors warn children on Rotterdam asylum ship face risk of lasting developmental harm
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Red Cross workers setting up stretchers in a sports hall that will be an emergency shelter for asylum seekers
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One in six new local parties in municipal elections against opening asylum shelters
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A small group of people gathered at the Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center in November 2014
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Baby dies at Ter Apel asylum center; Authorities call it accidental
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A small group of people gathered at the Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center in November 2014
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Dutch municipalities struggle to house large asylum-seeker families
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A cover on a bicycle in Amsterdam says, "Asylum seekers are okay". February 2014
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Video shows guard making asylum seeker kiss his shoes at Dutch shelter
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Undated photo of children playing outside at an residential complex for asylum seekers in the Netherlands
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Dutch municipalities face shortfall of 20,000 asylum beds two years after dispersal law
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Video: Asylum seeker jumps into icy canal to rescue woman from sinking car in Eindhoven
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Dutch police officers
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Vandalism at Beuningen shelter for unaccompanied minors, police seek witnesses
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Addictive epilepsy drug increasingly used recreationally, experts warn
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Onlookers watch from a bridge in Amsterdam-Zuidoost as police search for evidence in the murder of Lisa, a 17-year-old killed while biking home to Abcoude. 26 Aug. 2025
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Detectives in girl’s murder find knife by Amsterdam asylum center where suspect stayed
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Dutch police station.
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Lisa's (17) murder suspect was allegedly staying illegally at Amsterdam asylum center
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Sign at the entrance of the Ter Apel registration center.
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Asylum reception agency asks provinces to provide 2,600 emergency shelters
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An asylum shelter in Zeewolde
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Asylum distribution law created more shelters; Far-right leaders joining Helmond protest
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Red Cross workers setting up stretchers in a sports hall that will be an emergency shelter for asylum seekers
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Lack of structural funding making asylum reception unnecessarily expensive: COA
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Undated photo of children playing outside at an residential complex for asylum seekers in the Netherlands
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Netherlands missed asylum shelter target by 27%, creating 73,000 spaces in total
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Undated photo of children playing outside at an residential complex for asylum seekers in the Netherlands
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Two-thirds of Dutch municipalities missing asylum distribution law deadline
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Bunk beds
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Asylum Distribution Law: 75,000 shelter spaces will be ready by July 1, COA expects
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The Silja Europa, a cruise ship that was scheduled to house 1,000 asylum seekers in Velsen-Noord. 16 Oct. 2013
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Cruiseship refugee shelter "pressure cooker" of violence; Move kids, women, doctors plea