Netherlands to impose land border controls from Dec 9, says migration ministry

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Netherlands' Police officers stand by as people gather during a small pro-Palestinian demonstration on Dam Square in Amsterdam, on November 9, 2024. (FILE/AFP)
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AMSTERDAM: The Netherlands will impose controls on its land borders from Dec. 9, a spokesperson for Migration Minister Marjolein Faber said on Monday, confirming an earlier report by Dutch news agency ANP.
The controls on borders, all of which are with fellow countries in the EU's Schengen border-free zone, are set to last six months, part of a wider crackdown on migration proposed by the right-wing coalition led by the anti-Muslim nationalist PVV party of Geert Wilders. They follow a similar move by neighbouring Germany.

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