Noodopvang Lochem (Paasberg)
Hotel De Paasberg in Lochem has been used twice by the COA. From April 2023 it housed up to 65 unaccompanied minors aged 15-18 until mid-2024, when they moved to a new local asylum centre. In October 2025 the COA placed families of status holders (nareizigers) there at short notice; Lochem's council said it felt ambushed, having been told only five days in advance with no legal power to object.
Occupancy
42
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€184
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€2.8m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Paasberg, Lochem. 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 2025
COA 'ambushes' Lochem: status holders placed in hotel
Omroep Gelderland reported the COA began housing families with residence permits at Hotel Paasberg from 13 October 2025 due to a shortage of regular places; alderman Michiel Rijsberman said the council 'felt ambushed', given only five days' notice and no power to refuse.
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
Apr 2023
Hotel houses unaccompanied minors
Up to 65 asylum seekers aged 15-18 accommodated at Fletcher Hotel Paasberg until mid-2024.
Oct 2025
COA places status-holder families at short notice
Council said it was 'overvallen' (ambushed), informed only five days before families moved in.
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 42 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €2.8m 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.