azc St.-Annaparochie (Middelweg-West)
Through late 2024 and early 2025, residents of St.-Annaparochie complained of nuisance linked to unaccompanied minors housed at the village's asylum centre, including unwanted behaviour on buses, harassment of girls and shoplifting. In March 2025 the municipality of Waadhoeke and the COA announced measures, putting supervisors on local buses, weighing a reduction in the number of minors at the site and stepping up activities with local young people. Officials acknowledged the situation was causing unrest in the community.
Occupancy
193
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€80
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€5.6m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Middelweg-West, St.-Annaparochie. 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 2025
Measures against nuisance by young asylum seekers in St.-Annaparochie: 'It causes unrest'
After complaints about unwanted behaviour on buses, harassment of girls and shoplifting tied to minors at the village's azc, Waadhoeke and the COA put supervisors on buses and considered reducing the number of unaccompanied minors at the site.
Omrop Fryslan · source
Mar 2025
Measures against nuisance by young asylum seekers in Sint Annaparochie
NOS regional reported on the unrest in Sint Annaparochie over disturbances linked to unaccompanied minors at the asylum centre and the steps the municipality and COA were taking in response.
NOS Regio · 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
Mar 2025
Measures over nuisance by young asylum seekers
Bus supervisors introduced and a cut in unaccompanied-minor numbers considered after complaints of harassment and theft.
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 193 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €5.6m 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.