News - Ministry of Justice and Security

1. Cuts to taxi use for asylum seekers

   Minister Marjolein Faber (Asylum and Migration) wants to significantly curtail the use of taxis for asylum seekers as of 1 June ...

   News item | 23-04-2025 | 17:24

2. Area ban for nuisance-causing asylum seeker

   Asylum seekers who cause nuisance can be placed in a strict, austere and freedom-restricting regime in Ter Apel from 1 June. This ...

   News item | 23-04-2025 | 16:36

3. Asylum reception centres to be scaled back

   Minister Marjolein Faber informed the House of Representatives today, in a letter, about cost-saving changes for the country’s ...

   News item | 18-04-2025 | 17:47

4. Offensive presents approach to tackle attacks using explosives

   In 2024, 1,543 attacks or attempted attacks using explosives took place in the Netherlands. That is an increase of 71% compared ...

   News item | 16-04-2025 | 14:45

5. Protecting journalists and human rights organisations from strategic lawsuits against public participation

   Participants in the public debate such as journalists, human rights organisations and researchers must be protected from ...

   News item | 15-04-2025 | 14:12

6. Experimental phase of the Controlled Cannabis Supply Chain Experiment (‘weed experiment’) starts on 7 April

   On 7 April 2025, the experimental phase of the Controlled Cannabis Supply Chain Experiment will begin. In this phase, coffee ...

   News item | 02-04-2025 | 13:00

7. Special investigating officers to tackle sexual harassment in four additional cities

   As from Tuesday, 1 April, special investigating officers in four more cities – Almere, Dordrecht, Heerlen and Tilburg – will be ...

   News item | 31-03-2025 | 16:00

8. Next phase of pilot project begins: digital reporting requirement for football hooligans

   The digital reporting requirement pilot is now entering its next phase. From early April, the municipalities of Leeuwarden, ...

   News item | 31-03-2025 | 12:00

9. Legislation to be broadened to make more forms of espionage a criminal offence

   On 18 March the Dutch Senate approved a law criminalising more forms of espionage, such as digital and diaspora espionage. As a ...

   News item | 18-03-2025 | 16:45

10. New approach to relieve overcrowded prisons

    The Custodial Institutions Agency (DJI) has been facing a serious capacity problem since autumn 2023. For the past 8 months, ...

    News item | 07-03-2025 | 17:00