News - Ministry of Justice and Security

1. Acute shortage of asylum reception spaces – government issues instructions

   There is an acute shortage of asylum reception spaces in the Netherlands. An intermittent outflow and high inflow will leave the ...

   News item | 14-12-2021 | 12:27

2. Sexual violence to be tackled more swiftly and more often

   Thanks to updates to legislation, more criminal cases involving the prosecution of rape, sexually transgressive behaviour online ...

   News item | 06-12-2021 | 07:00

3. Three quarters of Dutch citizens recognise NL-Alert thanks to test message

   Three quarters of Dutch citizens (74%) who received an NL-Alert test message last year have learned to recognise an NL-Alert sent ...

   News item | 30-11-2021 | 09:00

4. Evening closures and stricter measures during the day

   The number of people testing positive for coronavirus has never been as high as during the past few weeks. Access to healthcare ...

   News item | 26-11-2021 | 19:11

5. More high-security facilities and stringent regimes for serious criminals

   The approach to tackling organised crime has led to an increase in arrests of an ‘exceptional category’ of serious crime ...

   News item | 22-11-2021 | 10:58

6. Grapperhaus announces urgent measures and an in-depth investigation into Working Under Cover in the police force

   Today, Minister Grapperhaus of Justice and Security submitted the public conclusions of the Brouwer Committee report to the House ...

   News item | 17-11-2021 | 12:02

7. New legal instruments for the confiscation of criminal assets

   The Dutch government will introduce legislation to provide additional legal means to confiscate criminal assets. Today, Minister ...

   News item | 17-11-2021 | 11:53

8. Rinnooy Kan to investigate questions about the Royal House in the case against Poch

   Prof. A.H.G. (Alexander) Rinnooy Kan is to carry out an investigation following questions in the House of Representatives about ...

   News item | 17-11-2021 | 11:49

9. Infection rate must go down: stricter rules to limit person-to-person contacts

   The government is tightening up measures to combat the sharp increase in coronavirus infections and avoid putting further ...

   News item | 12-11-2021 | 20:45

10. Minister Dekker relaunches inquiry into domestic adoptions

    The current inquiry into domestic adoptions in the Netherlands between 1956 and 1984 will be discontinued. The inquiry into the ...

    News item | 09-11-2021 | 12:33