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A person takes shelter from the cold wind on Christmas Eve inside a Geldmaat ATM storefront location in Amsterdam. 24 Dec. 2025
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Pre-Christmas freeze sends hundreds of homeless to emergency "winter cold shelters"
25 December 2025 - 09:15
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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
17 July 2025 - 18:40
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Firefighter on the scene
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House fire leaves two dead in Vroomshoop; Neighbors heard exploding fireworks
28 December 2024 - 11:50
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Undated photo of children playing outside at an residential complex for asylum seekers in the Netherlands
Politics
Two children's rights orgs. criticize how Dutch gov't treats children in asylum policy
22 October 2024 - 09:11
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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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Fireworks set off at emergency shelter in Ugchelen
12 October 2024 - 12:30
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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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Still more children in Dutch emergency asylum shelters; UNICEF very concerned
6 September 2023 - 08:40
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Red Cross workers setting up stretchers in a sports hall that will be an emergency shelter for asylum seekers
Politics
Emergency asylum shelter degrading: Dutch Ombudsmen
27 June 2023 - 07:40
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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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Crisis shelters making asylum seekers sick: Red Cross
20 June 2023 - 07:43
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Red Cross tents at the asylum registration center in Ter Apel, 16 June 2022
Politics
Mayors to arrange extra asylum shelter as long as Cabinet keeps its promises
24 June 2022 - 14:50
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Bunk beds
Politics
Asylum seekers again forced to sleep on chairs; Four more regions set up shelters
1 June 2022 - 16:49
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Ukrainians at the Uzhhorod-Vysne Nemecke checkpoint on the Ukraine-Slovakia border, fleeing Russian invaders, 27 February 2022
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UNICEF worried about kids in Dutch emergency shelter
9 May 2022 - 20:30
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Two asylum seekers suspected in Amsterdam sex crimes cases
20 January 2016 - 13:39
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Vluchtgarage protesters in Vondelpark 1
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Cities, towns fear asylum plan
23 April 2015 - 10:59

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