A pregnant asylum seeker, mother of three, died in a reception centre in worrying circumstances. One asylum seeker of the centre: "She had been sick for two weeks. With her husband, she had been trying to get an appointment with the doctor. The doctor holds a daily consultation in the centre for half an hour. Some do the queue for 1 ½ hour to see the doctor. She was suffering so much that she could not stay there and wait that long. The doctor was asked to go and see her. But that was not possible, she had to wait for an appointment. She could not eat or drink but the doctor did not have time for her."

The Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (Centraal Orgaan Opvang Asielzoekers (COA) said that all procedures had been followed and that an investigation will take place to find out how this could happen. Some MPs asked for a study on access to health care for asylum seekers in reception centres, to find out what the structural shortcomings in the procedures are.