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Sweden Extends Border Control With Schengen Countries Amid Refugee Issue

© AFP 2023 / TT NEWS AGENCY / ERLAND VINBERGCars arrive from Denmark to the toll and customs station at Lernacken on the Swedish side of the Oresund strait
Cars arrive from Denmark to the toll and customs station at Lernacken on the Swedish side of the Oresund strait - Sputnik International
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Sweden extended on Thursday the temporary border control with the countries of the Schengen Area until February 8, according to a statement published on the government's website.

STOCKHOLM (Sputnik) — "Today, on Thursday, January 7, the government decided to extend the internal border controls from January 10 to February 8," the statement reads.

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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The border checks in Sweden were initially introduced on November 12 for a 10-day period but have been repeatedly prolonged by the government due to an influx of refugees to the country.

On December 17, 2015, the Swedish parliament approved a law on mandatory control of documents of travelers arriving to Sweden from the Schengen zone countries.

On Monday, Sweden imposed identity checks on people arriving in the country from Denmark in order to reduce the refugee arrivals.

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