The Red Cross has been called in to support the reception of asylum seekers in Ter Apel. The aid organization will provide basic equipment on the premises of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND), the IND reported. Due to the large crowds at the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA), asylum seekers had to wait in the IND waiting rooms at night for almost two months and now also during the day, sometimes on chairs and on the floor.