The Netherlands will introduce controls at its land borders from December 9, 2025. In Germany, such controls have been in place since September.
The Netherlands will introduce controls at its land borders from December 9, Marjolein Faber, spokesperson for the Ministry of Migration, said on Monday, confirming earlier reports from the Dutch news agency ANP.
The controls at Dutch borders will last six months and will be part of a broader crackdown on migration proposed by the right-wing coalition led by Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party (PVV), Reuters notes.
The PVV spreads anti-immigration, Eurosceptic, nationalist and anti-Islamic slogans. It is described as far-right.
Border controls in the EU are back. The Netherlands does the same as Germany
The Netherlands follows its neighbor Germany in deciding to introduce border controls. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser announced in September the introduction of temporary controls at all German land borders. The arrangement applies for six months.
Reacting to Berlin’s decision, Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that “this kind of action is unacceptable from the Polish point of view” and announced consultations with other neighboring countries of Germany affected by these plans.
Migration strategy. Tusk’s government wants to suspend the right to asylum
In October, the government adopted a document entitled “Regaining control. Ensuring security. Poland’s comprehensive and responsible migration strategy for 2025-2030”, with the aim of regaining full control over migration and to limit illegal crossings of Poland’s borders as much as possible. possible.
The strategy assumes, among other things, that in the event of a threat of destabilization of the country due to the influx of immigrants, it should be possible to temporarily and territorially suspend the right to accept asylum applications.
According to a survey by SW Research, the results of which were published on October 18, 49.4 percent support the Prime Minister’s announcement on the suspension of the right to asylum. Poland. 24.1% have the opposite opinion. 26.6% of people have no opinion on this topic. topics.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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