After the Umpteenth Phone Call, Mayor Ter Apel Is at Her Wit's End: ‘A Kind of Political Pressure, that’s the Feeling I Got From it.’

Algemeen Dagblad

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Desperate asylum seekers on the grass, scuffles that heightened tensions, and aid workers watching helplessly. The emergency situation in Ter Apel made the news day in, day out this spring. The decision to close the doors of the registration center was preceded by months of back-and-forth. The mayor was driven to despair. "Is this a game?" Read here the reconstruction of a decision that ‘felt like a defeat’.