azc Zevenbergen (Schansdijk)
After a contested planning process, Moerdijk council approved an asylum reception centre for up to 200 residents on the Schansdijk between Zevenbergen and the Moerdijk industrial estate on 14 July 2023, with a permit of up to fifteen years. Councillors and residents had raised concerns about traffic safety on the narrow dike and possible nuisance; officials responded that problems tend to occur only at much larger sites and promised road-safety works and cooperation to prevent disturbances. The centre opened in 2025.
Occupancy
172
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€80
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€5.0m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Schansdijk, Zevenbergen. 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 2023
Green light for an asylum centre in Zevenbergen
Moerdijk council approved an azc for up to 200 residents on the Schansdijk on 14 July 2023, with road-safety improvements promised and reassurances that nuisance is typically confined to far larger sites.
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
Jul 2023
Council approves azc on the Schansdijk
Moerdijk approved a centre for up to 200 residents with a 15-year permit, after debate over traffic safety and nuisance.
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 172 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €5.0m 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.