Archive: 2025 / 09

Vigilante border checks strain Dutch-German ties as official controls are extended

Unauthorized citizen patrols at the Dutch-German border have triggered a diplomatic warning from Berlin, even as the Netherlands extends official border checks through December 2025. Dutch military police report tens of thousands of checks and hundreds of arrests. The clash highlights legal limits on citizen policing, rising migration pressures, and the rules that govern Schengen’s internal borders.