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Asylum Seekers · Ter ApelThey just hope that the National Ombudsman's report will be leading from now on. That the government itself provides shelter for asylum seekers in Ter Apel and certainly does not take tents. “But that's a false hope, I'm afraid.”See the Story
Ombudsman's report on helping asylum seekers in Ter Apel raises hope. Aid worker Willem Straat: 'But false hope, I'm afraid'
Asylum Seekers · Ter ApelWillem Straat, the entrepreneur who in the summer of 2022 distributed tents to asylum seekers who had to sleep outside the crowded application center in Ter Apel, is pleased that the National Ombudsman condemns the government's actions in his report. “Finally, a little bit of recognition for the poor people from whom the only bit of privacy they had was taken away.”See the Story
Willem Straat distributed tents in Ter Apel. He welcomes the Ombudsman's report. “Finally, a bit of recognition”
Ter Apel · Ter ApelThe Public Prosecutor's Office acknowledges that it did not act correctly during the crisis situation in the summer of 2022 at the application center in Ter Apel. Citizens who offered assistance were warned of criminal prosecution and tents offered to asylum seekers were confiscated.See the Story