The Swedish government on
Thursday extended temporary border controls by a month until
February 8, the Associated Press reported.
Sweden reintroduced the border controls in November and has
extended them several times in a bid to stem the flow of
migrants entering the country from Denmark and Germany.
Sweden received more than 160,000 asylum-seekers last year.
The countries of the visa-free Schengen Zone are not
supposed to have any internal border controls but member states
can temporarily reintroduce them if they face threats to public
order or security.
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