Almost 500 Germans have been denied entry to the border

Of: TT

Published: December 31, 2020 at 6:00 p.m.
Updated: December 31, 2020 at 8:06 p.m.

Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT

Entry control at the Öresund bridge fortress on the Swedish side. Stock Photography

About 500 Germans have been deported at the Danish-Swedish border in Malmö and Helsingborg since the government’s entry ban was introduced on December 22.

These are exclusively Germans who traveled through Denmark to reach Sweden. Direct travel from Germany is not affected.

– It is sad that people who have traveled so far have to go around the border because everyone who enters is controlled and special reasons are required to enter, a spokesman for the Swedish border police in the southern region told the news channel German ntv.

As of December 31, around 3,400 people were deported when they traveled through Denmark to Sweden or flew to Kastrup and then continued on their way, including more than 100 Norwegian citizens.

The entry ban was introduced due to the new variant of the mutated virus that has become widespread in the UK and has been discovered in Denmark.

Published: December 31, 2020 at 6:00 p.m.