azc Budel (Randweg-Oost)
The large reception centre at Budel (Randweg-Oost), on a former barracks and the country's second-biggest asylum site after Ter Apel, has been dogged by years of nuisance and violence. In September 2024 the mayor of Cranendonck wrote to asylum minister Faber demanding intervention after a run of incidents including a third stabbing in three months. The centre is set to close when its lease ends in 2028, with the Defence ministry reclaiming the site.
Occupancy
121
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€80
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€3.5m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Randweg-Oost, Budel. 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
Sep 2024
Budel fed up with asylum nuisance, calls in minister Faber
The mayor of Cranendonck sent an urgent letter to asylum minister Faber over thefts, vandalism, threats and a third stabbing in three months at the Budel reception centre.
Omroep Brabant · source
May 2025
How Budel may yet be rid of its troubled asylum centre
The reception centre is set to close when its lease ends in 2028 as the Defence ministry seeks to reclaim the former Nassau-Dietz barracks for military use.
Omroep Brabant · 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
Sep 2024
Mayor appeals to minister over nuisance
Cranendonck's mayor wrote to asylum minister Faber demanding action after escalating incidents, including a third stabbing among residents in three months.
2028
Site to close as Defence reclaims barracks
Under agreements with the municipality and the Defence ministry, the reception centre is due to close when the lease expires in 2028.
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 121 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €3.5m 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.