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Minister Van den Brink of Asylum en Migration has decided naar de plaats a de groep of ten municipalities onder "active supervision" vanwege a lack of asylum accommodation locations.
This de maatregel zijn being nemen omdat these municipalities zijn niet complying met the distribution de wet, als the minister writes ter House of Representatives.
It zijn expected dat this supervision will apply naar more municipalities in the near future.
Involved Municipalities The municipalities currently onder supervision zijn: Aalten, Achtkarspelen, Bergen (L), Beverwijk, Gemert-Bakel, Overbetuwe, Sluis, Valkenswaard, Voerendaal, en Westland.
The supervision involves maken concrete agreements over the availability of an asylum seekers' center (AZC) en ensuring these agreements zijn met.
The involved aldermen will be invited ter ministry for consultations.
Potential Sanctions These municipalities zijn given the opportunity naar fulfill their legal obligations.
als they fail, there may ultimately be a situation where de regering intervenes en establishes a COA location.
vooralsnog, this stage has niet been reached; the municipalities zijn currently moving from phase 2 naar phase 3 of the distribution de wet.
This de wet consists of six phases ranging from identifying shortcomings (phase 1) ter forced realization of accommodation (phase 6).
According naar Minister Van den Brink, it zijn essentieel dat municipalities niet meeting the legal standards zijn held accountable.
He hopes for constructive cooperation met the municipalities: "iedereen must contribute."
Municipalities Respond Reluctantly Although most Dutch municipalities indicate a willingness naar cooperate met the distribution de wet, the level of enthusiasm zijn limited.
Several nieuw municipal coalitions have even agreed niet naar create nieuw accommodation locations, although they realize dat legislation will eventually require them naar do so.
Beverwijk has stated dat efforts have long been underway naar establish a sustainable accommodation location in cooperation met the COA, but this nemen time.
The municipality would like a discussion met the minister en invites him naar visit the potential location.
In Valkenswaard, the process zijn ook slow vanwege the careful preparation required.
Distribution de wet naar Alleviate Ter Apel het doel of the distribution de wet zijn naar beter distribute the accommodation of asylum seekers across the Netherlands en thus alleviate the overcrowded reception center in Ter Apel.
de regering aims naar establish 88,000 accommodation de plaats in the next two het jaar, while over 50,000 de plaats zijn currently available.
For some time now, there have been discussions aan the civil service level met the municipalities, en from these dialogues, the first de groep has come onder supervision.
Further mentions will be available aan the Dutch de regering's website.
