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Sweden extends border controls by six months

Xinhua, May 10, 2017 Adjust font size:

Sweden will continue with border controls for another six months, the government said in a statement on Wednesday.

Swedish public television broadcaster SVT reported the extension applies to border controls at harbors on the south and west coasts, as well as at the Oresund Bridge and Hyllie train station, which share a border with Denmark.

On May 2, the European Commission, or the executive body of the European Union, proposed that Sweden continue with inner border controls.

"The Commission bases its recommendation on the assessment that there still exists a serious threat to public order, domestic security, and the Schengen Area's operations," the government statement read.

A little more than a week ago, the government informed that it was abandoning ID checks between Denmark and Sweden starting on May 4.

Border controls were introduced in response to the refugee crisis in November 2015, when thousands of asylum-seekers entered Sweden each week. Enditem