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This is how living in the temporary reception centre arranged for you by the municipality works

Last updated: 08/11/2024, 15:25

If you have fled from Ukraine, your municipality must arrange a reception centre for you until you can rent accommodation yourself. You can also live with a host family temporarily.

Emergency reception centre in the municipality

Municipalities are responsible for providing a reception centre for Ukrainian refugees. There is a big shortage of suitable locations in many municipalities. The help of hotels is often requested. In this case, the hotel provides food, drink and shelter.

Here is how the municipality finds a suitable reception centre for you

Have you applied to a municipality in the Netherlands, but there is no place there? Then the municipality will contact the

. You do not have to do this yourself. The RCVS looks at which municipality in the Netherlands does have a place for you.

Is the municipality refusing to offer you a place in a reception centre and is the municipality not looking for another place for you? Then contact

.


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