Noodopvang Druten (Scharenburg)
The Scharenburg site in Druten has operated as a COA emergency reception location for around 100 asylum seekers since 30 April 2024, functioning as a short-stay 'throughflow' location. By late 2025 it housed roughly 80 asylum seekers and 20 status holders. In early January 2026 the municipal council voted to extend the site until 1 May 2029, after the COA asked to keep it open three years longer; the mayor said it had run quietly with limited incidents and nuisance.
Occupancy
108
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€184
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€7.3m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Scharenburg, Druten. 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
Druten extends Scharenburg asylum reception to 2029
The Druten municipal council decided to keep the emergency reception at Scharenburg open until 1 May 2029; the mayor said the site had operated quietly with limited incidents over the previous year and a half.
RN7 · source
Jan 2026
Council confirms extension of Scharenburg reception
The municipality of Druten confirmed the extension of the asylum reception at Scharenburg, describing the population mix and the throughflow nature of the location.
Gemeente Druten · 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 2024
Emergency reception opens
COA opens reception for about 100 asylum seekers at Scharenburg from 30 April 2024.
Jan 2026
Extended to 2029
Druten council votes to extend the Scharenburg reception until 1 May 2029.
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 108 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €7.3m 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.