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Danish Ruling Party Slams Swedish Immigration Policy, New Border Controls

© REUTERS / Claus FiskerFile Photo: Migrants, mainly from Syria, prepare to board a train headed for Sweden, at Padborg station in southern Denmark September 10, 2015
File Photo: 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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Danish ruling Venstre party spokesman Marcus Knuth condemned on Wednesday Sweden's immigration policy, which attracted numerous refugees to the country, and subsequent tightening of border controls.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Monday, Sweden imposed identity checks on people arriving in the country from the Danish territory in order to reduce the influx of refugees. Soon after that, Denmark introduced temporary border controls at the country's border with Germany to curb the flow of migrants arriving to its territory.

"It is not very good neighbor behavior first to attract hundreds of refugees and then to close the border," Knuth told Denmark's Jyllands-Posten newspaper.

A passenger has her ID checked at the train station Copenhagen International Airport in Kastrup to prevent illegal migrants entering Sweden on Monday Jan. 4, 2016 - Sputnik International
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He added that Stockholm's irresponsible policy became a "huge headache" for Copenhagen.

Europe is currently struggling to cope with a massive refugee influx, with hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing conflict-torn countries of the Middle East and North Africa in search of asylum in stable and wealthy EU states, such as Sweden.

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