Noodopvang Winschoten (Mr. D.u. Stikkerlaan)
Since June 2022 a vacant Lentis building (Bronsstate) at Mr. D.U. Stikkerlaan 3 in Winschoten (Oldambt) has been leased to the COA as emergency reception, initially for around 100 asylum seekers to relieve Ter Apel and later expanded toward 180 places. The municipality decided to extend the reception by five years, to around August 2029, while signalling it wanted fewer underage boys among the residents. National broadcaster NOS covered both the opening and the long-term extension.
Occupancy
67
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€184
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€4.5m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Mr. D.U. Stikkerlaan, Winschoten. 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
2022
Winschoten to take in a hundred asylum seekers to relieve Ter Apel
The municipality of Oldambt agreed to open emergency reception in Winschoten to ease pressure on the overcrowded national registration centre at Ter Apel.
NOS · source
2024
Emergency reception for refugees in Winschoten stays open five more years
The Stikkerlaan reception was extended by five years; reporting noted the council wished to reduce the number of underage boys housed there.
NOS · 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
2022
Emergency reception opens in former Lentis building
COA leases the Bronsstate building on Stikkerlaan to house asylum seekers and relieve Ter Apel; capacity later grows toward 180.
2024
Reception extended five years
Oldambt extends the Winschoten reception to around August 2029, while seeking fewer underage boys among residents.
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 67 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €4.5m 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.