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Norway extends internal Schengen border controls until May 11

Xinhua, February 10, 2017 Adjust font size:

The Norwegian government said on Thursday it would extend its border controls until May 11 after the Council of the EU gave its okay on Tuesday to extend temporary internal border controls in five Schengen countries for another three months.

Norway will maintain its border controls in ports with ferry arrivals from Sweden, Denmark and Germany, the Norwegian ministry of justice and public security said in a statement.

"The government believes that there is still an unstable migration situation in Europe, which makes it necessary to control entry to Norway," minister of justice and public security Per-Willy Amundsen was quoted as saying.

"We will continue to evaluate the need for border controls against the current security situation," he said.

The Council of the EU announced on Tuesday that starting from Feb. 11, Austria, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway should prolong "proportionate temporary border controls" for a maximum period of three months at certain internal borders.

The temporary border checks, currently in place at certain borders in the five countries, was last extended on Nov. 11, 2016 and due to expire on Feb. 11, 2017. Endit