Crisisnoodopvang Beek En Donk (Pater Becanusstraat)
Laarbeek council set up a temporary reception at Pater Becanusstraat 100a in Beek en Donk for up to 90 asylum seekers, with the first residents arriving in early April 2025 in newly placed housing units. Although the spreading law obliged the municipality to take 64 people, it opted for 90 to organise security and guidance more efficiently. Residents and supporters launched a petition to extend the shelter, but the council confirmed the site would be cleared by 1 September at the latest so the land can be prepared for housing.
Occupancy
85
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€184
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€5.7m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Pater Becanusstraat, Beek en Donk. 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
2025
Signature campaign to extend refugee shelter in Beek en Donk
Residents and volunteers started a petition to prolong the Pater Becanusstraat reception, which the municipality planned to close so the land could be redeveloped for housing.
MooiLaarbeek · source
Mar 2025
Laarbeek to house ninety asylum seekers in Beek en Donk
The municipality confirmed it would open a temporary reception for up to 90 asylum seekers at Pater Becanusstraat, with utility connections already present at the site.
MooiLaarbeek · 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
Apr 2025
First asylum seekers arrive at Pater Becanusstraat
Around 90 people moved into temporary units at the municipally owned site, above the 64 required under the spreading law.
2025
Shelter to be vacated for housing
The council confirmed the reception would be emptied by 1 September at the latest, despite a residents' petition to keep it open.
Cost
Dutch asylum reception is funded by central government through the COA. At an illustrative benchmark of about €184 per person per night for emergency reception (noodopvang), the 85 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €5.7m 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.