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Plans for Asylum Shelter in Vlaardingen Delayed over Bats in the Buiding

Summary by NL Times
The municipality of Vlaardingen has had to delay plans for an asylum shelter on Zuidbuurtseweg by at least six months. Signs of bats were found in the farmhouse on the site. Their presence needs to be confirmed, and they’ll have to be rehomed before the building can be demolished and the asylum shelter can be built, Omroep Twee reported.

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The construction of an asylum seekers' center in Vlaardingen is being postponed. The municipality has a unique reason: there are indications that bats are living there. Protected animal species often thwart the construction of asylum centers.

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The arrival of an asylum seekers' center in Vlaardingen is delayed by at least six months. The site where the center is planned is likely home to bats. The possible presence of bats is revealed by a flora and fauna study commissioned by the municipality in preparation for the environmental permit application, local broadcaster Twee reports. A vacant farmhouse currently stands on the site. The municipality of Vlaardingen plans to demolish the far…

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Well, thanks, bats. One hundred mentally troubled Syrians who, amidst the theft, rummaging, robbing, and terrorizing, wanted to solve the shortages in the pharmacy world can't come because a club of bats is in the way. At least. "The arrival of an asylum seekers' center (AZC) in Vlaardingen will have to wait at least another six months. Bats may have been found on the site on Zuidbuurtseweg where the AZC is planned. (...) Whether the bats are ac…

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The construction of an asylum seekers' center (AZC) in Vlaardingen is delayed by at least six months. The cause: bats. A flora and fauna survey shows that the protected species is likely inhabiting the farmhouse on the site where the center is planned, reports Rijnmond.

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NOS broke the news in Netherlands on Thursday, October 16, 2025.
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