Asylum Seekers Refused at Both Primary and Appeal Stages Exceeds 50,000

Asylum seekers refused at both primary and appeal stages exceeds 50,000

The number of asylum seekers refused at both the primary and appeal stages and still not departed exceeded 50,000 at end March 2025.

Shelter: In 2028, the lease between the COA and Defense expires. Defense will resume use of the location, because the increased international…

In 2028, the Nassau-Dietz barracks in Budel, which are currently being used as an asylum seekers' centre, must return to Defence. Sources confirmed this to NOS after reporting by RTL Nieuws. The barracks currently house the Cranendonck asylum seekers' centre. Defence is reusing the location because the nearby Weerterheide training ground is being expanded. A house and a company home are also being demolished for this expansion. After Ter Apel, t…

The asylum seekers' centre (azc) in Budel will disappear. Defence will use the location again. And a large ammunition storage facility for defence will be built in Staphorst. The cabinet will decide this on Friday in the Council of Ministers, sources told the political editors of RTL Nieuws.

The number of asylum applications decreased by 35 percent in the first third of the year. This is shown by the asylum statistics for April. According to this, 6,056 asylum applications were made in the first four months of the previous year, compared to 9,259. It is striking that the number of first applications is particularly low. In other words, most applicants have been in the country for a long time or have just been born here.

The asylum seekers' centre in Budel will eventually make way for the Ministry of Defence, RTL Nieuws reported on Thursday afternoon. The lease for the complex expires in 2028, after which the Ministry of Defence wants the former barracks site back. Residents of Budel reacted to the news with relief on Thursday afternoon. "This is good for the village." "In 2018, I protested here so that the asylum seekers' centre would not be built," says a man …