Crisisnoodopvang 's-Gravenhage (Zeekant)
The Zeekant site in Scheveningen, The Hague, is the Aquarius Hotel, which The Hague city council earmarked in late 2023 to house roughly 90 asylum seekers for a two-year period from 1 November 2023. Most residents were transferred from the Jorplace crisis shelter on Keizerstraat, which closed at the start of January 2024, and were described as mainly families and couples. The municipality runs the site and organises daytime activities, while the COA covers medical care and accommodation costs.
Occupancy
80
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€184
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€5.4m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Zeekant, '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
Oct 2023
The Hague to house 90 asylum seekers in Aquarius Hotel on Scheveningen
The municipality announced it would accommodate around 90 asylum seekers at the Aquarius Hotel on Zeekant for two years from 1 November 2023, with about 60 moving from the closing Jorplace shelter and 30 new arrivals.
Zoetermeers Dagblad · 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
Nov 2023
Aquarius Hotel opened as asylum shelter
City council designated the Zeekant hotel to house about 90 asylum seekers for two years, replacing the closing Jorplace shelter.
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 80 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €5.4m 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.