The issue of accepting refugees in Ter Apel has received a lot of international attention. The death of a three-month-old baby in a sports hall near the app center was reported by media in countries such as Germany, Belgium, Spain, the UK and the United States.

Baby died in emergency shelter. The Dutch asylum system is on the verge of collapse’, headlines the Rheinische Post online. German newspapers explain to readers that the Netherlands is facing a crisis in accepting asylum seekers. The baby’s death has been described as a dramatic turn of events that has further increased pressure on the government in The Hague.

Problems are also being addressed in neighboring Belgium. Omroep VRT wrote that the situation in Ter Apel was getting worse day by day. “And the locals are getting bored too.” Apart from local residents, broadcasters also let asylum seekers speak out. A man says he has been waiting for twenty days. People also indicated that they were sick or walked around with sores.

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The BBC also talks about the asylum crisis, where hundreds of people have been forced to sleep outside at reception sites for asylum seekers. A correspondent explained on the British broadcaster’s website that asylum seekers could not be helped quickly enough. The Netherlands is also struggling with an acute shortage of places where asylum seekers can be accommodated.

It is not only the European media that is reporting on the situation in Ter Apel. The Washington Post also covered infant deaths in “temporary shelters”. The American newspaper also wrote that aid organizations described the conditions under which refugees live in the Netherlands as ‘inhumane’.