azc Oss (Spitsbergerweg)
The choice of the Spitsbergerweg, on farmland at the northern edge of Oss, for a centre for around 500 asylum seekers and Ukrainian refugees was challenged in court by local residents. In an interim ruling on 24 July 2024 the Oost-Brabant district court told the municipality it must better justify why four alternative sites inside the built-up area were less suitable, even though building work was already under way. The municipality issued a corrective decision and the site opened in autumn 2024.
Occupancy
249
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€80
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€7.3m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Spitsbergerweg, Oss. 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
Jul 2024
Centre already being built, but Oss must better explain location choice
The Oost-Brabant district court ruled in an interim judgment that Oss had not adequately justified choosing the rural Spitsbergerweg over four alternative sites inside the town, while construction of the centre for about 500 people was already in progress.
Omroep Brabant · source
Jul 2024
Judge tells Oss to better substantiate azc location at Spitsbergerweg
Following a case brought by local residents, the court found four alternative locations within the built-up area would have been more obvious than the chosen rural site, and ordered the municipality to provide fuller reasoning.
DTV Nieuws · 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
Jul 2024
Court orders better justification for azc location
Interim ruling: Oss must explain why four in-town alternatives were rejected for the Spitsbergerweg site.
Oct 2024
Reception opens at Spitsbergerweg
Asylum seekers and Ukrainian refugees housed from October 2024 after a corrective decision.
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 249 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €7.3m 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.