The sign at Utrecht Centraal that points you to the application location.
Source: Hannah Achterbosch
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Too few places in reception centres for refugees from Ukraine upon arrival in the Netherlands

Published at: 20/08/2024, 00:00

In the Netherlands, municipal reception locations for refugees from Ukraine are full. Have you just arrived in the Netherlands? Then you can still report to the municipality. The municipality will then investigate for you where you can go for reception . You can also arrange a place to live yourself.

All locations where refugees from Ukraine can register are full

Currently, almost all places in reception centres for Ukrainians are occupied. The municipality's application locations in Rotterdam and Utrecht have also been closed because they are overcrowded.

The municipality is responsible for your reception upon arrival in the Netherlands

The municipality is responsible for your reception when you arrive in the Netherlands. If the municipality cannot find a place for you, the municipality will ask the

Dutch Regional Coordination Centre for Refugee Distribution (RCVS)
to look for a place in a reception centre for you.

Does the municipality refuse to take you in or find another place for you? Then contact

VluchtelingenWerk Nederland (VWN)
. VWN cannot offer you a place in a reception centre, but can give you information on what to do best in your situation.

Contact with VluchtelingenWerk Nederland

On this page you will find contact options with RefugeeWerk Nederland (VWN). Do you have a question that is not answered on RefugeeHelp? VWN staff will be happy to help you.

To get temporary protection you must register with the municipality

Even if you do not (yet) get a place in a reception centre, you must register for temporary protection in the Netherlands. Apply to a municipality for registration in the

Dutch population register (BRP)
. You do this by going to a counter of the municipality.

After registering, you must make an appointment with the

Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND)
within 4 weeks to officially obtain temporary protection in the Netherlands.


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