Westerwolde

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A tree blew over on the A13 during stormy weather, causing heavy evening rush hour traffic between Delft and Rotterdam. 29 May 2026
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Lightning storms ignite multiple house fires, paralyze rail travel across Netherlands
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A small group of people gathered at the Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center in November 2014
PoliticsBusiness
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.
Business
Ter Apel asylum center exceeds 2,000 people; Dutch reception agency hit with record fine
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Official sign on the Dutch-German border
Crime
Overt racism in text group of Dutch organizing border checks against asylum seekers
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German border
Politics
Civilians conduct more unauthorized border checks near German border, police intervene
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Sign at the entrance of the Ter Apel registration center.
Politics
Asylum agency must pay agreed €50,000 fee each day main shelter is overcrowded
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Journalists with microphones
Business
Courtroom journalist Saskia Belleman is awarded the Machiavelli prize for communication
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Undated photo of children playing outside at an residential complex for asylum seekers in the Netherlands
Politics
Asylum agency could face fines up to €5 million for overcrowding at Ter Apel center
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A small group of people gathered at the Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center in November 2014
Politics
Refugee orgs., others invovled very critical of Dutch government's leaked asylum plans
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A small group of people gathered at the Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center in November 2014
Politics
Westerwolde preparing new case against overcrowded asylum center in Ter Apel
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Red Cross workers setting up stretchers in a sports hall that will be an emergency shelter for asylum seekers
Politics
Asylum agency fined maximum €1.5 mil. for exceeding capacity of Ter Apel shelter
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Red Cross workers setting up stretchers in a sports hall that will be an emergency shelter for asylum seekers
Politics
Asylum agency's fines for overcrowding Ter Apel registration center tops €1 million
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A small group of people gathered at the Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center in November 2014
Politics
Disagreement on counting asylum seekers in Ter Apel; Asylum agency fined €982,500 so far
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A small group of people gathered at the Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center in November 2014
Politics
Minister Van der Burg looking for additional shelters for asylum seekers in hotels
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A small group of people gathered at the Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center in November 2014
Politics
For the first time fewer than 2,000 asylum seekers in Ter Apel, COA avoids fine
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Jaap Velema
Politics
Machiavelli prize for communication awarded to Ter Apel mayor
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A small group of people gathered at the Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center in November 2014
Politics
Overcrowded Ter Apel unsafe for locals and asylum seekers, emotional mayor says in court
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Woman shoplifting jewelery
CrimeBusiness
Shoplifting in the Netherlands increased by over 15% in a year, police data reveals
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Red Cross workers setting up stretchers in a sports hall that will be an emergency shelter for asylum seekers
Politics
Deplorable conditions at Ter Apel asylum center described in health service report
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Red Cross workers setting up stretchers in a sports hall that will be an emergency shelter for asylum seekers
Politics
Gov't bans municipalities from picking and choosing which asylum seekers they take in
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Asylum seekers sleep outside the asylum application center in Ter Apel, August 2022
Politics
Safety office, mayor blocked plan to provide tents for asylum seekers sleeping outside
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A police officer at a crime scene in 2020
Crime
Two employees were arrested at a care farm for assaulting residents
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Asylum seekers sleep outside the asylum application center in Ter Apel, August 2022
Politics
“Idiotic” that tents were taken from asylum seekers, says activist; Red Cross closed
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King Willem-Alexander at an asylum center
Politics
Mayor of municipality with Ter Apel center for asylum seekers criticizes government inaction