Ter Apel wants to make the 'bare' center more attractive with the 1.5 million euro fine that the COA paid it

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The COA paid the municipality a fine of 1.5 million euros for the nuisance caused by the refugee registration centre in Ter Apel. That money is being invested in terraces, more greenery, more benches. Is that nuisance also decreasing now? "I hear the sirens less."

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The Process Availability Location (PBL) in Ter Apel, intended for nuisance-causing asylum seekers from safe countries, will be reopened in early February. This involves an adjusted approach that is less strict than previously intended. Local politicians and shopkeepers fear that the reopening will make little difference to the nuisance in the village.