Day in, day out, there are police reports in Ter Apel around the asylum seekers' registration center: arguments, shoplifting, public nuisance, and fights. New police figures paint a shocking picture: between January 1, 2022, and April 30, 2026, 20,206 incidents were recorded around the asylum seekers' center and in the immediate vicinity. That is an average of well over 5,000 per year, or roughly fourteen per day. In the first months of 2026, an…
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Day in, day out, there are police reports in Ter Apel around the asylum seekers' registration center: arguments, shoplifting, public nuisance, and fights. New police figures paint a shocking picture: between January 1, 2022, and April 30, 2026, 20,206 incidents were recorded around the asylum seekers' center and in the immediate vicinity. That is an average of well over 5,000 per year, or roughly fourteen per day. In the first months of 2026, an…