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Sweden Extends Border Controls With Germany, Denmark by 3 Months - Ministry

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Sweden Extends Border Controls With Germany, Denmark by 3 Months - Ministry

14:26 GMT 08.11.2018 (Updated: 12:18 GMT 09.02.2023)

Cars arrive from Denmark to the toll and customs station at Lernacken on the Swedish side of the Oresund strait Thursday Nov. 12, 2015 - Sputnik International

STOCKHOLM (Sputnik) - Sweden has prolonged internal border controls with Germany and Denmark for a further three months over security concerns, the Swedish Justice Ministry said Thursday.

"The government of Sweden decided today to prolong internal border controls for an additional three months," the ministry said in a statement.

Migrants, mainly from Syria, prepare to board a train headed for Sweden, at Padborg station in southern Denmark September 10, 2015 - Sputnik International

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The ministry cited a persisting threat to domestic security and similar decisions by other EU members. In August, Sweden said that EU’s porous frontiers allowed potential terrorists to slip into the country.

Internal border checks were brought back in 2015, with EU’s permission, to get a grip on migrant inflows as they traveled north. Controls were last extended until November 11.