Hardenberg Asylum Seekers' Centre Remains Open, Coa Pays Penalty After Tuesday

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The Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) will not succeed in closing an asylum seekers' centre in Hardenberg and a temporary emergency reception location in the village of Loozen tomorrow, nor in finding an alternative location for the residents. Both locations will remain open, and therefore, starting Wednesday, the organization will be subject to a daily penalty payment imposed by the municipality. The original agreement wa…

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Reception crisis: The municipalities of Hardenberg and Epe are demanding penalty payments of tens of thousands of euros from the COA for every day that reception locations remain open longer…

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Yeah okay, kind of the day we all knew would come. The asylum seekers' center in Hardenberg, which has enriched the beautiful Overijssel town since 2016 with, for example, stabbings and bicycle thefts and OH yes, an abuse case, the location where the COA also knew back in 2016 that the closing date would in principle be March 8, 2026, but when March 8, 2026 suddenly arrived, the COA went 'whining, whining, can't do it, can't do it', whereupon th…

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Reception agency COA has failed to clear the asylum reception locations in Hardenberg (Overijssel) and will therefore have to pay the first penalty imposed by the municipality after Tuesday. A COA spokesperson announced this. By the end of Monday, there were still 427 people in the reception center on Jachthuisweg and five in the emergency location in Loozen.