azc Gouda (Groningenweg)
The asylum centre in the Molenwiek building on the Groningenweg in Gouda, opened in 2023, has been described by those involved as running well with few incidents. In September 2025 the city council voted 21-11 to commit to the centre for up to 25 years, housing as many as 407 residents, while imposing conditions such as one- and five-yearly reviews and limits on housing repeat troublemakers. Opposition parties criticised the long term as a 'strangling contract'.
Occupancy
151
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€80
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€4.4m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Groningenweg, Gouda. 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 2025
Council agrees to 25-year asylum centre, but sets conditions
Gouda's council approved a 25-year contract for up to 407 asylum seekers at the Groningenweg site, citing scarce incidents and a successful integration programme; opponents including SGP, VVD, Gouda Vitaal and Leefbaar Gouda warned against the long commitment.
Goudse Post · 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 2025
Council backs 25-year asylum centre
Councillors voted 21-11 for a 25-year COA agreement for up to 407 residents, with review clauses and limits on housing repeat offenders.
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 151 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €4.4m 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.