Overview

• Ter Apel housed 2,075 people last night, pushing the COA’s running penalties to €350,000 under the court‑imposed 2,000‑person cap with €50,000 fines per breach.
• Minister Mona Keijzer ordered immediate departure from AZCs of family reunifiers with relatives in rental housing, a step she says can free roughly 2,000 places.
• The VNG sent a letter to demissionary premier Dick Schoof requesting urgent talks and immediate central coordination, warning the situation is “getting out of hand.”
• Local capacity plans are unraveling as Amersfoort provisionally withdraws two proposed AZC sites after tumultuous meetings and Voorhout’s plan is dropped over COA financing.
• After violent unrest at a The Hague protest for stricter asylum policy, 14 suspects face fast‑track hearings and the first sentences include suspended jail terms and community service.