Overview
- The extension, set out in a letter to parliament, keeps the extra Koninklijke Marechaussee checks in place for another six months within existing capacity and budget.
- The reinforced checks have been conducted on a sampling basis at the borders with Belgium and Germany since December 2024 under an earlier order.
- Authorities report that the KMar has checked about 123,320 people and 29,420 vehicles, refused entry to 470 people, recorded 80 on-the-spot asylum requests, and made 230 arrests linked to migration crime such as document fraud and smuggling.
- Frontex counts 112,375 irregular crossings through 12 September 2025, a 21% year-on-year decline, while the minister says pressure on Dutch reception facilities remains high.
- The Court of Audit earlier found the measure scarcely effective in reducing asylum inflow, and 46 border mayors have raised concerns about nuisance and local impacts.