Ter Apel council takes refugee agency to court over numbers

The local council of Westerwolde, which includes the crisis-hit Ter Apel refugee centre, is heading for court on Wednesday to demand the COA refugee agency stops breaking official limits on the number of people living at the facility. The site can cope with 2,000 residents but that limit has been broken repeatedly, leading government inspectors to slam conditions at Ter Apel for being unsafe and unhygienic. The council wants the COA to face a fine of €25,000 a day if...