Noodopvang Vianen UT (Lage Biezenweg)
An emergency reception centre for up to 100 asylum seekers opened at Lage Biezenweg 1 in Vianen on 27 February 2024, set up by the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden and the COA to relieve pressure on the overcrowded national registration centre at Ter Apel. The site was permitted for up to five years. In 2025 the municipality announced plans for a larger, more durable reception location elsewhere in Vianen (Tuijnmanweg), which would eventually allow the Lage Biezenweg centre to close.
Occupancy
100
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€184
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€6.7m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Lage Biezenweg, Vianen. 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
Feb 2024
Vianen opens crisis emergency reception for 100 refugees
The Lage Biezenweg centre opened to house up to 100 asylum seekers, set up by Vijfheerenlanden and the COA to ease pressure on Ter Apel.
RTV Utrecht · source
Jul 2025
Realisation of durable refugee reception in Vianen
The municipality set out plans for a larger, more permanent reception location in Vianen, intended in time to replace the temporary Lage Biezenweg site.
Gemeente Vijfheerenlanden · 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
Feb 2024
Emergency reception opens at Lage Biezenweg
Vijfheerenlanden and COA open a centre for up to 100 asylum seekers to relieve Ter Apel; permitted for up to five years.
Jul 2025
Plans for durable replacement location
Municipality announces a larger, longer-term reception site (Tuijnmanweg) that would eventually replace Lage Biezenweg.
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.