Noodopvang Uithuizen (Dingeweg)
The reception site on the Dingeweg in Uithuizen opened in mid-2022 to house around 250 Afghan evacuees relocated from a military barracks near Zoutkamp, which the Ministry of Defence needed back. Local residents told regional broadcaster RTV Noord they accepted the emergency shelter but did not want it to become a permanent asylum centre, saying the former Eemsmond council had promised there would never again be an AZC at the site. Mayor Henk Jan Bolding said he could not guarantee the facility would stay temporary. The COA later said the location had remained quiet with no incidents causing unrest in the neighbourhood.
Occupancy
251
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€184
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€17m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Dingeweg, Uithuizen. 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
Sep 2026
azc Uithuizen to close September 2026
COA and the municipality of Het Hogeland confirmed the azc in Uithuizen is to be dismantled and closed in September 2026, with no extension of the temporary reception.
Omroep Het Hogeland · source
Jun 2022
Uithuizen residents accept emergency shelter but reject permanent asylum centre
Around 250 Afghan evacuees from a military barracks near Zoutkamp were rehoused at the Dingeweg in Uithuizen. Residents told RTV Noord they supported the temporary shelter but feared it becoming a permanent AZC, citing an earlier municipal promise; the mayor could not rule it out.
RTV Noord · 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
Site opens for ~250 Afghan evacuees
Former Zoutkamp barracks residents relocated to the Dingeweg; residents back emergency use but oppose a permanent AZC.
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 251 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.