Overview

• For the fifth consecutive night, 52 people slept above the official capacity at the Ter Apel registration centre.
• COA faces another automatic €50,000 penalty from the municipality of Westerwolde, bringing the total to €450,000 after nine breaches.
• Occupancy has regularly exceeded 2,000 people since 9 September following about ten months of relative calm.
• Keijzer announced immediate relocation of family‑reunification arrivals from asylum centres to relatives with residence permits in private homes to free space.
• The Council of State issued negative advice on her separate proposal to end social‑housing priority for status holders, which she says she will still pursue.