Overview

• Amersfoort has provisionally retracted the Vathorst and Schothorst AZC designations, canceled planned information evenings, and will draft a new decision after consulting residents, interest groups and the council.
• Deputy mayor Micheline Paffen-Zeenni apologized for the process, saying the perspectives of nearby residents, associations and the municipal council were not properly included.
• Despite the pause, Amersfoort remains bound by the spreidingswet, which requires 941 reception places in 2025 while the city currently has 754 spots, many of them temporary.
• In Voorhout (Teylingen), a plan to host 80 unaccompanied minors on a truck parking site has been dropped after COA concluded a five‑year business case was not financially viable.
• In Noordwijk, police cleared roughly 200 people from outside a municipal meeting after smoke bombs, fireworks and eggs were used, and no arrests were reported.