Noodopvang Oosterhout NB (Beneluxweg)
The GR8 Hotel on Beneluxweg in Oosterhout was used by the COA from summer 2022 as emergency accommodation, housing around 60 unaccompanied minor asylum seekers (aged roughly 14-18) with 24-hour supervision and security. In October 2023 the young people were moved from the hotel to a new, larger reception site at Elschot 30 in the town, which offered more space for guidance and group activities. The operation was administrative in nature, with no notable incidents reported by the municipality.
Occupancy
60
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€184
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€4.0m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Beneluxweg, Oosterhout. 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
Jun 2022
COA starts emergency reception of refugees at GR8 hotel on Beneluxweg
The COA began accommodating around 60 refugees at the GR8 Hotel on the Beneluxweg amid overcrowding at the Ter Apel registration centre.
Oosterhout Nieuws · 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
Jun 2022
Emergency reception opens at GR8 Hotel
COA begins housing unaccompanied minor asylum seekers on Beneluxweg.
Oct 2023
Residents moved to Elschot 30
Minors relocated from the hotel to a new reception site elsewhere in Oosterhout.
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 60 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €4.0m 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.