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Unclear how border control will affect train traffic

Denmark tightens border control against Sweden due to the recent wave of violence where five Swedes are suspected of involvement in attempted murder and an explosion. How it affects Öresund traffic is unclear.

» Updated: 25 August 2024, 02:51

» Published: 09 August 2024

Unclear how border control will affect train traffic
Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT

According to Denmark's Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard (S), the decision on tightened border control against Sweden applies from Friday.

"Now we're tightening the screws even further in the short term by strengthening the effort at the border to Sweden", he says in a press release.

Little Swedish impact

The stricter control at the border to Sweden involves extended physical checks at the Öresund trains. It also involves extended analysis of so-called ANPG cameras, which read registration plates on vehicles at the border.

According to the border police in southern Sweden, the extended controls will not affect their work very much.

It's new to us too, but Denmark has had control before and it didn't have a major impact. And we don't think it will this time either, says Elisabeth Nilsson, section chief at the border police South.

Better control

Sweden has had a cooperation with the Danish police on border control since before, and it will not change due to the tightened controls, according to Elisabeth Nilsson.

We see it rather as positive from a crime prevention perspective. Together, we have better control over the criminals' movements across the border, she says.

How the train traffic over Öresund will be affected by the extended border controls is still unclear, according to Skånetrafiken.

You can do border controls in different ways. Is it spot checks or is it primarily road traffic that should be controlled? Or is it all passengers? We need to get information about what setup they're thinking of, says Magnus Andersson at Skånetrafiken's operations center.

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