Danish gov`t extends control on border with Germany for 30 days

  01 April 2016    Read: 664
Danish gov`t extends control on border with Germany for 30 days
The control on the border between Germany and Denmark should be extended until May 3, according to the Danish Integration Ministry.
The Danish Government has informed the European Commission and the other EU member states of a decision to extend controls at the Danish-German border for another 30 days, the Danish Integration Ministry said in a press release on Friday.

"As long as asylum seekers without proper identification documents cannot travel to Sweden, there is still a serious risk that many refugees and migrants are stranded in this country. Therefore it is necessary to prolong border control so that we ensure that large groups of refugees and migrants do not accumulate here in Denmark," the press release quoted Immigration, Integration and Housing Minister Inger Stojberg as saying.

According to the statement, the border control has been extended until May 3.

The Danish government introduced temporary border controls on January 4 as a measure to curb refugee influx. Since then, the security measure has been extended four times.

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