That is the conclusion of the National Ombudsman and the Board for the Protection of Human Rights.
Heumensoord with 2,960 residents the largest emergency shelter for asylum seekers in the Netherlands. People there are accommodated in tents. Of the inhabitants are 682 children.
There is already complained months about the harsh living conditions. So late last year was clear that scabies and impetigo had broken and that people suffer from lice. It also stolen and some asylum seekers threaten inmates to get money.
After a visit in January, the Ombudsman sees improvement possibilities for the future. But if the emergency will be lifted on June 1, there is no large-scale relief needs such as Heumensoord come.
“In the future, should prevent people longer be collected in such large numbers in similar accommodation” according to the Ombudsman Wednesday
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the refugees also said they totally unheard feel by the Central Agency for the reception of asylum seekers (COA) and told not to know where they can go with their complaints.
the Board for the Protection of human Rights states that when people think that their human rights are violated they thereon should be able to file a complaint, preferably at the COA.
This does not work in practice. The complaints procedure there is, is unknown to the asylum seekers. The commission therefore recommends to give more publicity to the complaints. Furthermore, the Ombudsman calls for a meaningful activities for asylum seekers
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