Germany extends refugee checks at border

Sweden, known as a haven for refugees, has temporarily reintroduced border checks in a bid to stem a record influx of migrants.

“The temporary reintroduction of border controls between member states is an exceptional chance explicitly foreseen in and regulated by the Schengen Borders Code, in the event of a serious danger to public policy or internal security”, the European Commission said in a statement.

The checks will initially last 10 days and can be extended for 20 days at a time, in line with European Union rules, he said.

While it’s true that support for rising refugee numbers is waning in Sweden, it’s a myth that most people want cutbacks.

Until today it has been common for people to travel between Sweden, Finland, and Denmark without the need to carry identification provided they are not flying.

In light of this, the minister said that Sweden is the country that has taken “the greatest responsibility for the refugee crisis” and that other countries need to follow suit.

Ulrich Kunze, a spokesman for the city of Rostock, said 43 migrants couldn’t board ferries to the Swedish port of Trelleborg on Thursday because they didn’t have valid IDs. And Sweden’s Prime Minister said the country must, quote, “restore order on our borders”.

Malmö: Sweden reinstated border controls on Thursday in a bid to gain control over the massive influx of migrants arriving in the country, without blocking the steady flow of asylum seekers.

On Thursday, police began carrying out identification checks on passengers travelling on trains crossing the bridge over the Oresund strait, which separates Sweden from Denmark, an AFP journalist said.

Hungary’s prime minister says his country and others from Eastern Europe will send over 300 police and border guards to Greece to help “stop” the flow of migrants.

He cited individual moves by Germany, Sweden, Slovenia and others in response to what they see as threats to their border security from the tens of thousands of migrants streaming in from Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

Many migrants are now coming through Turkey and the western Balkans rather than across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa.

Nearly 200,000 refugees are expected to travel to Sweden this year, with up to 10,000 crossing the country’s southern border every week.

Rasmussen’s centre-right minority government planned to open migration talks with other parties next week.

Sweden had announced last week that it can not guarantee accommodation to the newly arrived refugees, according to Reuters.

The controversial “laissez passer” plan has been criticized by diplomats and non-governmental organizations as being tantamount to Europe telling African countries who they should accept. It will be discussed later Wednesday by European and African leaders at a migration summit in Malta.