Overview
- Demissionary asylum minister David van Weel extended the controls by six months to 8 June 2026, citing a continuing threat to public order and pressure on the migration system without detailing the specific threat.
- The Royal Netherlands Marechaussee reports since December 2024 it checked about 123,330 people and 29,420 vehicles, refused entry to 470 people, recorded roughly 80 on-the-spot asylum requests, and made 230 arrests for offenses including document fraud and smuggling.
- Airport checks introduced on 28 July led to about 500 flights being inspected by 8 September and 20 return decisions being issued.
- The Netherlands’ Court of Audit concluded in June that the intensified internal checks are scarcely effective at reducing asylum inflow.
- Border communities report traffic disruption and enforcement strain, with 46 border mayors voicing concerns, De Gelderlander counting over 150 people dropped by German police at Dutch crossings in recent months, and Marechaussee figures showing 690 transfers from Germany to the Netherlands and 490 in the opposite direction between December 2024 and September 2025.