azc Utrecht (Pahud De Mortangesdreef)
The temporary asylum centre at the Pahud de Mortangesdreef in Utrecht's Overvecht district, part of the city's Plan Einstein and running until the end of 2028, became the subject of a council debate over nuisance in January 2026. A local opposition faction said residents felt abandoned and pointed to aggressive behaviour, but the city said the picture was more nuanced: 2025 police records showed only a few reports (three nuisance, nine aggression/intimidation), in line with other Overvecht streets, and supposed 'stone throwers' were children aged about five to eight playing.
Occupancy
146
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€80
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€4.3m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Pahud de Mortangesdreef, Utrecht. 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
Jan 2026
Nuisance at temporary azc in Utrecht's Overvecht: mischief or aggression?
An opposition faction said residents near the Pahud de Mortangesdreef azc felt abandoned and cited aggressive behaviour, but the city countered that 2025 police registrations were proportionally low and that reported 'stone throwers' were in fact children aged roughly five to eight.
De Utrechtse Internet Courant (DUIC) · 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
Jan 2026
Council debate over azc nuisance in Overvecht
Municipality said 2025 police reports were low and that alleged stone-throwers were young children at play.
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 146 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €4.3m 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.