azc Heemserveen (Jachthuisweg)
The asylum centre on the Jachthuisweg in Heemserveen (Hardenberg) was the focus of mounting concern over disorder in 2022, when the municipality acknowledged growing nuisance from a group of residents, hired extra enforcement officers, imposed shop bans and behavioural rules, and the mayor lobbied the state secretary, who visited the site and town-centre shops. Disturbances continued the following year, including a night in September 2023 when police were twice called to the centre, once after a resident threatened another person with a large knife.
Occupancy
478
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€80
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€14m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Jachthuisweg, Heemserveen. 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
Mar 2026
azc Hardenberg (Jachthuisweg) set to close
The azc on the Jachthuisweg, open since 2016 under a maximum ten-year agreement, was due to close on 8 March 2026; it remains open with around 245 residents and the municipality has imposed a EUR 55,000/day penalty on COA since 25 March 2026.
Gemeente Hardenberg · source
Aug 2022
Continued asylum reception despite rising nuisance not ruled out
Hardenberg confirmed growing nuisance from unwanted behaviour at the Heemserveen centre, recruiting additional enforcement officers, applying shop bans and behavioural rules, and notifying the state secretary, who later visited the site and local shops.
De Toren · source
Sep 2023
Two incidents at AZC Heemserveen in one night
Police were called twice to the Jachthuisweg centre overnight: a 23-year-old resident threatened another person with a large knife and was removed by the COA, and a separate altercation broke out later. No injuries were reported.
De Toren · 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
Aug 2022
Council acts on rising nuisance
Hardenberg acknowledged growing nuisance from residents, hired extra enforcement, imposed shop bans, and the mayor pressed the state secretary, who visited the site.
Sep 2023
Two police call-outs in one night
A 23-year-old resident threatened another person with a large knife and was removed by the COA; a second disturbance followed the same night. No one was injured.
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 478 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €14m 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.