Noodopvang Veendam (Lloydsweg)
A temporary emergency reception centre run by the Dutch reception agency COA opened in the former Wensink car showroom on Lloydsweg in Veendam in mid-April 2024, housing up to 100 asylum seekers including families and single people. The town council agreed to extend the centre for a further 18 months from early 2025, keeping it open until around October 2026, with the council framing it as helping a neighbouring municipality. Local authorities reported that the centre ran smoothly with very few nuisance complaints to police, and residents and press were invited for an open day in April 2024.
Occupancy
100
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€184
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€6.7m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Lloydsweg, Veendam. 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 2025
Veendam extends temporary asylum reception: 'Helping our neighbouring municipality'
The municipality agreed to a fresh 18-month period for the Lloydsweg emergency centre, keeping it open until roughly October 2026, saying the reception had gone well with very few nuisance complaints.
RTV Noord · source
Apr 2024
Neighbours and press take a look inside COA emergency reception Veendam
Local residents and journalists were given a tour of the newly opened Lloydsweg reception centre for up to 100 asylum seekers.
Westerwolde Actueel · 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 on Lloydsweg
COA opens a centre for up to 100 asylum seekers in the former Wensink car dealership; neighbours and press invited to view it.
Jan 2025
Council backs 18-month extension
Veendam agrees to extend the temporary reception until around October 2026, citing few complaints and a wish to help the region.
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 100 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €6.7m 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.