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Denmark tightens border controls over Koran burning
The random checks will also be tightened at the German-Danish border. photo
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Denmark is turning the security screw and has random checks on people entering the country after the Koran has been burned – including those from Germany.
Looking at the recent Burning of the Koran and its consequences for the security situation Denmark, after Sweden, is also tightening its border controls.
As announced by the Danish Ministry of Justice, the state police consider it necessary to step up operations at the Danish borders until August 10th. This means, among other things, that travelers from Sweden could experience random border controls in the coming period, the ministry said.
The police in the south of the Jutland region confirmed to Danish radio that the random controls will also be tightened at the German-Danish border. The police districts of South Zealand and Lolland-Falster also announced that people entering the ferry port of Rødbyhavn and Gedser will be checked more closely. Entry may therefore take five to ten minutes longer. Ferries from Puttgarden on Fehmarn and Rostock arrive in the ports.
According to the ministry, the basis for the tightened border controls are recommendations from the domestic intelligence service PET. The recent burning of the Koran would have changed the current picture of danger. It is therefore currently necessary to focus more closely on who is entering Denmark.