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Sweden Keeps Its Border Checks

Crossings into Sweden will remain subject to spot checks. The latest order changes the government’s main justification and revives a question about commuters.

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Odd Inge Teige
Nov 11

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Sweden will keep temporary checks on travelers arriving from other Schengen countries for another six months from November 12. The Swedish Ministry of Justice says Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and hostile activity linked to the war within the travel area are the main reasons for the new order. It runs through M…

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