azc Gorinchem (Buys Ballotstraat)
A newly built small-scale asylum centre for 150 residents opened on the Buys Ballotstraat, on a business park in Gorinchem-Oost, in December 2024, taking in people previously housed in emergency reception in the Gildenwijk. The plans drew organised local opposition, including the campaign group Leefbaar Gorinchem and petitions against siting the centre on the industrial estate.
Occupancy
139
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€80
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€4.1m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Buys Ballotstraat, Gorinchem. 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
Dec 2024
New reception location in Hoog Dalem brought into use
The municipality and COA opened a newly built small-scale centre on the Buys Ballotstraat for 150 asylum seekers, mostly families and those likely to gain residence, who had previously stayed in emergency reception in the Gildenwijk.
De Stad Gorinchem · 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
Dec 2024
New 150-bed asylum centre opens
A purpose-built small-scale centre opened in Hoog Dalem/Gorinchem-Oost, replacing emergency reception in the Gildenwijk, amid organised local opposition.
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 139 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €4.1m 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.