Crisisnoodopvang 's-Gravenhage (Maanweg)
In late September 2024 The Hague opened crisis accommodation in a former Ministry of Social Affairs office on the Maanweg, on the Binckhorst, to take in 90 asylum seekers transferred from the overcrowded Ter Apel centre for at least four months. The deputy mayor said the city was acting out of solidarity amid an ongoing reception crisis, with the Ter Apel site regularly holding more than 2,000 people. From early 2026 the building was set to house a mix of asylum seekers, status holders and homeless families.
Occupancy
90
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€184
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€6.0m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Maanweg, 's-Gravenhage. 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
Sep 2024
The Hague offers Binckhorst emergency shelter for 90 from Ter Apel
From 25 September 2024 the city housed 90 asylum seekers from Ter Apel in a former Ministry of Social Affairs building on the Maanweg for at least four months, citing the continuing reception crisis.
Den Haag FM · 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
Sep 2024
90 asylum seekers from Ter Apel housed on the Maanweg
Crisis reception opened in a former ministry building to relieve Ter Apel, for at least four months.
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 90 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €6.0m 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.