Visiting and mail address
Merwedestraat 43
9725 KA GRONINGEN
The Netherlands
Telephone number
+31 50 3138181
E-mail address (general)
Opening hours
Mondays 13.30 - 17.00 hours
Tuesdays till Fridays 09.00 - 12.30 and 13.30 - 17.00 hours
During holiday periods, adapted hours may apply.
For very urgent cases only, you can call the emergency number 050-3137371, during office hours (9-17 hrs).
General information
For information about the work of INLIA and the network of Charter churches or general questions that are related to asylum seekers and refugees, you can contact the department of Church and Public Relations ('KRP') during the abovementioned opening hours (except on Wednesday afternoons).
Individual assistance & consultation hours
Asylum seekers and their legal aid workers and other counsellors in the Netherlands can call for legal advice during the telephonic consultation hours: every Tuesday 10:00 - 12:00 and Thursday 13:30 - 15:00 hours.
For questions about, for example, access to medical care, the opportunities to receive training/education, problems with housing and living conditions of asylum seekers etc, there is a social consultation hour every Wednesday 14:00 -15:00 and Friday 11:00 - 12:00 hours.
If you would like to visit our office in Groningen in person, we strongly recommend you to make an appointment in advance through telephone or e-mail.
We kindly request you not to send questions on legal aid matters or documents from asylum request files to our office without prior notice. It is advisable to first contact us during the telephonic consultation hours. We can discuss which specific documents you would need to send to our office, in order to enable us to properly consider your request for advice and help.
Please note that the INLIA Foundation in the Netherlands is not able to provide direct humanitarian aid to people in need in other countries.
Lately we receive many requests from people in need, who live outside Europe and ask for our help to get a humanitarian visa to come to the Netherlands to ask for asylum. Unfortunately, the Netherlands does not have a programme or policy which makes it possible for asylum seekers to come to the Netherlands with a visa to get asylum.
Donations
INLIA does not receive any government subsidy, because we do not want to be dependent on the government that is responsible for the implementation of asylum policy. This means that we are dependent on donations and contributions from churches and individual persons who support our work. Only in this way our independence can be guaranteed.
Does the work of INLIA on behalf of asylum seekers in need appeal to you? And do you want to help us continue with our work? Please transfer your gift to IBAN number NL47 INGB 0005 8728 15 in the name of 'Stichting INLIA'.
The Dutch Internal Revenue Service ('Belastingdienst') acknowledges the INLIA Foundation als a Public Benefit Organisation ('ANBI'); this means that your contribution may be tax-deductible. Every contribution, great or small, is welcome!