azc Apeldoorn (Deventerstraat)
Plans to use a partly empty school building on the Deventerstraat in Apeldoorn's De Maten district to house around 240 asylum seekers triggered several nights of unrest in May 2025. Demonstrations near the site escalated as fireworks and objects were thrown at officers; the mayor imposed an emergency order and the riot police (ME) intervened on consecutive evenings, with dozens of arrests. The disorder ran for several nights before calming.
Occupancy
274
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€80
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€8.0m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Deventerstraat, Apeldoorn. It is run by the COA (Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers), the Dutch government’s asylum-reception agency. For what the azc / noodopvang categories mean and how Dutch reception spending breaks down, open the cost panel on the interactive map with the Netherlands selected in Settings.
In the news
May 2025
Dozens of arrests at Apeldoorn asylum protest, fireworks thrown at officers
Twenty-six people were arrested as a demonstration against the planned reception centre escalated; the mayor issued an emergency order and the Mobile Unit moved in.
NOS · source
May 2025
Riot police intervene at fifth Apeldoorn asylum demonstration
Police again broke up an anti-reception-centre demonstration in Apeldoorn, the latest in several consecutive nights of unrest near the De Maten site.
Omroep Gelderland · source
May 2025
Twelve arrests at third Apeldoorn asylum protest in a row
A third successive evening of demonstrations against the reception plans led to twelve arrests as the riot police were deployed again.
NOS · source
Compiled from public Dutch news reports (each item links to its source). Where a municipality runs more than one reception location, attribution to this specific address reflects the cited report and may be approximate — always check the linked source.
Timeline
May 2025
Nights of anti-asylum unrest
Protests against the planned Deventerstraat reception site escalated; riot police deployed and an emergency order imposed over several evenings.
Cost
Dutch asylum reception is funded by central government through the COA. At an illustrative benchmark of about €80 per person per night for a regular centre, the 274 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €8.0m per year. This is an order-of-magnitude figure for context only, not a site-specific invoice — emergency reception typically runs around three times the cost of a regular centre.
Sources
COA / Rijksoverheid (Kamerstuk, 5 Sep 2025) · 2025-08-13. View source
Occupancy is the COA register snapshot of 13 August 2025 and may have changed since. Coordinates were geocoded from the published street address via the official PDOK Locatieserver.