Background information

The government has an emergency taskforce to prepare for expected refugees from Ukraine. The government also financially supports several organisations that coordinate private initiatives that help Ukrainians find homes. The Red Cross, Refugeehelp Netherlands and the Salvation Army work together in screening potential host families, finding accommodation for refugees etc. Legal basis for this measure was initially the State Emergency Law, but this is being replaced by a temporary law which is currently in consultation.

Content of measure

Municipalities and security regions coordinates the realisation of accommodations for at least 1,000 refugees from Ukraine within two weeks of their arrival. This involves the complete realisation of locations, the furnishing of locations and their actual operation. They are also working on an additional 1,000 places per security region (the Netherlands is divided into 25 security regions. Each security region is dedicated to the safety of the inhabitants and visitors of that area). In this way, a total of approximately 50,000 accommodation places will become available for Ukrainians. The government is funding the accommodation.

€12 million is made available to keep the taskforce up and running until the end of 2023, €100 million is made available to support municipalities in building (temporary) accommodation for refugees. Several NGOs received financial support: over €7 million for an NGO supporting municipalities with accommodation, over €13 million for RefugeeHomeNL, over €12 million for the Red Cross for humanitarian aid.

Together with the municipalities and security regions concerned, an Information Desk on Ukraine will be set up. This information desk will provide arriving refugees with information on available housing and will ensure the division of refugees over different areas of the country.

Use of measure

As of 31 December 2022, 69,450 beds are available for refugees from Ukraine, of which 67,450 are currently in use. These numbers are being updated twice a week on a government portal. 86,710 refugees have been registered at municipalities. The people who choose not to stay in beds available are staying in private accommodation.

The Netherlands recently increased the projected number of accommodation spaces for Ukrainian refugees, now estimating a need for 97,000 places by early 2024. This increase accounts for a steady weekly influx of approximately 325 refugees, underscoring the need for Dutch municipalities to expand capacity.

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Does not apply to workers	Does not apply to businesses	Migrants or refugees

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
National government Other social actors (e.g. NGOs) Local / regional government	National funds

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	No involvement as case not in social partner domain	No involvement as case not in social partner domain
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• No involvement
• Main level of involvement: N/A

Involvement

No involvement.

Views and reactions

No involvement.

Sources

• 08 March 2022: Tweede Kamer Brief opvang Vluchtelingen uit Oekraïne (www.nctv.nl)
• 08 August 2022: Cijfers opvang vluchtelingen uit Oekraïne in Nederland (www.rijksoverheid.nl)