Asylum Seekers

The management agreement between the COA and the municipality stipulates that the facility will provide accommodation for:

• First, all status holders registered with the municipality. These are asylum seekers who have been granted residence status and are registered with the municipality of Moerdijk. Being registered means that the municipality of Moerdijk is required to find them housing.
• Next are status holders who are waiting for housing elsewhere in the region. From the reception center, it is easier for them to get a head start on their integration into the community where they will eventually live.
• Finally, foreign nationals with a promising asylum application, preferably with a recommendation for placement in the region.
• Only if there is still space available at the facility will the COA proceed to admit another target group of asylum seekers with an active asylum application or—if the COA has no need for additional asylum shelter—lease the facility to the municipality for the (community-based) shelter of other target groups. 

This means that the reception center houses both people who have been granted residence status and those whose cases are still pending. Asylum seekers living in the reception center who are notified that their application has been denied must leave the center within 28 days. The COA provides them with guidance during this process.

AZC Contact Information

If you have specific questions or comments about the Zevenbergen Asylum Seekers’ Center (AZC), please contact the COA atfmzzevenbergen@coa.nlor by phone at 088-7157250. Or visit the COA website for more information.

Contacting the Municipality

On these pages, you’ll find more information about the animal shelter in Moerdijk. If you still have general questions after browsing the site, please send an email toasielopvang@moerdijk.nl.

If you would like to learn more about asylum reception in general or about the procedure that asylum seekers must go through, please visit:

• The COA's website
• The IND's website

You are an asylum seeker and have questions

If you are staying at an asylum seekers' center and have questions, please visit the My COA website. There you will find information about living at the COA, activities and work, the steps in the asylum procedure, and customs, laws, and rules in the Netherlands.