Noodopvang Epe (Dellenweg)
Asylum seekers have been housed at the Fletcher (formerly Wildhoeve/Dellenweg) hotel in Epe since March 2024 under an agreement that the emergency reception would close on 20 March 2026. The site became a flashpoint: protests and counter-protests by both opponents and supporters were held at the Dellenweg and at the town hall, drawing a heavy police, enforcement and security presence, and an earlier plan to bring in 276 asylum seekers was delayed after local unrest. When the COA said in March 2026 it could not vacate the building by the deadline because there was no alternative location for residents, the municipality insisted the shelter must close and moved to impose a penalty (dwangsom) on the COA, with the mayor stressing that 'an agreement is an agreement'.
Occupancy
259
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€184
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€17m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Dellenweg, Epe. 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
Mar 2026
Fletcher Hotel Epe noodopvang to close
The noodopvang of about 268 asylum seekers at the Fletcher Hotel on the Dellenweg was contractually due to close on 20 March 2026; the municipality is enforcing closure and COA has been paying daily penalties since late April 2026 while contesting it in court.
NOS · source
Mar 2026
Epe sticks to closure of asylum emergency reception
The municipality of Epe insisted the COA close the Fletcher hotel reception on the agreed date of 20 March 2026 and said it would start enforcement, including a penalty, if the shelter stayed open past 21 March, after the COA said it could not relocate residents in time.
Gemeente Epe · source
Mar 2026
Epe alert after announced protest against asylum reception
Omroep Gelderland reported the municipality was on alert ahead of an announced demonstration against the asylum emergency reception, with both a protest and a counter-demonstration assigned separate locations and a large security presence.
Omroep Gelderland · source
2025
Arrival of 276 asylum seekers delayed after unrest
The municipality postponed the planned arrival of 276 asylum seekers at the site following local unrest, Omroep Gelderland reported.
Omroep Gelderland · 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
Mar 2024
Emergency reception opens at Dellenweg hotel
COA begins housing asylum seekers at the Fletcher hotel on the Dellenweg under an agreement set to end on 20 March 2026.
Mar 2026
Protests and closure dispute
Demonstrations and counter-demonstrations held at the Dellenweg and town hall; municipality moves to impose a penalty on the COA after it says it cannot vacate by the agreed deadline.
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 259 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €17m 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.