azc Helmond (Torenstraat)
The reception location on the Torenstraat in Helmond, housing around fifty asylum seekers, has been a point of local friction, with the party Helder Helmond citing 229 reports about the site in 2024. A council meeting on asylum reception was held under extra security amid tensions, though it passed off quietly, and the city has debated expanding or relocating reception capacity elsewhere in Helmond.
Occupancy
39
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€80
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€1.1m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Torenstraat, Helmond. 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
2024
Extra security at meeting on Helmond asylum centre, but it stayed calm
A Helmond council meeting on asylum reception, including the Torenstraat location, was held with additional security amid local tensions; the evening passed off without disorder.
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
2024
Reports and security at council debate
Helder Helmond cited 229 reports about the Torenstraat site in 2024; a council meeting on asylum reception was held under extra security but stayed calm.
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 39 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €1.1m 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.