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Red Cross volunteers speaking with people arriving at the asylum registration center in Ter Apel, May 2026
Politics
Ter Apel asylum shelter will soon turn kids away, Red Cross warns as temps rise to 32°C
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Rob Jetten
Politics
Dutch PM promises "expert team" to help municipaities set up asylum shelters
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A Dutch police officer standing by a police car
Crime
Video: Vandals smash windows at Loosdrecht town hall, to be used as asylum shelter
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Arrest: Police officer handcuffing a suspect with a police car in the background
CrimePolitics
Video: Cop hurt in third violent anti-asylum protest in Loosdrecht in as many days
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Riot police
Politics
Anti-asylum protesters throw fireworks, eggs at cops in Loosdrecht; Riot police deployed
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A small group of people gathered at the Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center in November 2014
PoliticsBusiness
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
HealthPoliticsBusiness
Doctors warn children on Rotterdam asylum ship face risk of lasting developmental harm
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A Dutch police officer standing by a police car
Crime
Police investigate whether fatal shooting of two Syrian teens in Amsterdam was random
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Red Cross workers setting up stretchers in a sports hall that will be an emergency shelter for asylum seekers
Politics
One in six new local parties in municipal elections against opening asylum shelters
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A cover on a bicycle in Amsterdam says, "Asylum seekers are okay". February 2014
Crime
Video shows guard making asylum seeker kiss his shoes at Dutch shelter
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Sign at the entrance of the Ter Apel registration center.
PoliticsBusiness
Council of State: asylum seekers must count compensation toward housing costs
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Brug 721 crosses the Christoffel Plantijngracht. The footbridge over the canal is located in the Piet Wiedijkpark, a park in the Osdorp neighborhood of Amsterdam Nieuw-West. June 2018
Crime
Syrian asylum seekers identified as teens murdered in Amsterdam park; No arrests yet
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File photo of the COA asylum shelter on Hogehilweg in Amsterdam
Politics
Amsterdam urged to protect LGBTQ+ refugees with specialized shelter plans
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A handshake
Business
Man gets €34,000 payout for dismissal after religious refusal to shake woman's hand
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Rainbow gay flag on grey background
Crime
Half of LGBTQIA+ asylum seekers have faced violence, exclusion in Dutch shelters: COC
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Bats
TechNature
Plans for asylum shelter in Vlaardingen delayed over bats in the buiding
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File photo of the COA asylum shelter on Hogehilweg in Amsterdam
Health
Amsterdam asylum shelter unsafe for the 100 children living there, NGO reports
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A small group of people gathered at the Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center in November 2014
PoliticsBusiness
Five Dutch asylum centers cancel open days amid violent protests
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Rioters set a police car on fire during an anti-immigration protest on and around the Malieveld in The Hague, 20 September 2025
CrimePolitics
Asylum seeker centers cancel open day after recent violent protests
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The court on Parnassusweg in Amsterdam-Zuid, 21 February 2021
Crime
First hearing set in case of teen Lisa’s murder, Amsterdam court confirms
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Grocery store worker
PoliticsBusinessCultureLifestyle
Asylum seekers in Netherlands increasingly finding year-round jobs
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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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Handcuffs
Crime
Man, 22, arrested for sex crime near where Abcoude girl was found killed
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Sign at the entrance of the Ter Apel registration center.
Politics
National asylum agency secures 800 emergency shelter spaces, 1,800 short of need