Overview

• The Hague court delivered immediate verdicts for the Malieveld unrest: a 49-year-old Amsterdammer and a 36-year-old Rotterdammer each received a two-week conditional sentence plus 60 hours of community service, below prosecutors’ requests.
• At least one defendant was acquitted after the judge found police documentation insufficient, underscoring mixed outcomes from the supersnelrecht sessions.
• Prosecutors handled 14 fast‑track cases from a total of 37 arrests, with three minors heard behind closed doors and several other suspects kept in custody for further investigation.
• Municipalities, led by VNG chair Sharon Dijksma, demanded immediate national control over asylum reception, citing 2,075 people at Ter Apel overnight and the ruling forcing COA to pay €350,000 to Westerwolde; the Schoof premiership said it will study the letter.
• Police investigations continue beyond The Hague case, including new blurred images of suspects from May’s Scheveningen disturbances to solicit tips, while public tensions surfaced at a Noordwijk azc meeting where police cleared a crowd without arrests.