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Belgium announced it would reinstate checks at its border with France. DENIS Charlet / AFP

New penknife in Schengen. Belgium announced Tuesday the temporary restoration of controls at the border with France, to deal with a possible influx of migrants leaving the “jungle” of Calais, a vast camp near the French entrance to the Channel Tunnel.

” We have informed the European Commission that we will temporarily suspend Schengen, “said at a press conference the Belgian Minister of the Interior, Jan Jambon, with reference to rules of the Schengen area of ​​free movement.

for several weeks, the Belgian authorities fear an influx of migrants near the major port of Zeebrugge, from where the ferry to Britain. Checks will also be strengthened in the port area, according to Jan Jambon. “We want to avoid at all costs tented camps” in the Calais “in Belgium. It is a law enforcement issue, “he said.

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The Minister justified the measure announced by the dismantling of the “Jungle” in Calais, the migrants were ordered to leave by Tuesday night by the French authorities. The thousands of occupants of this camp shelters have obtained a respite, until the French justice makes its decision on the legality of the operation, probably Wednesday or Thursday according to a source close to the case.

The controls actually began Monday evening and are reinforced to Tuesday. They reach their full effect Wednesday with “some 250 to 290 police officers’ Belgian on the field every day, said the minister. There are now seven members of the Schengen area of ​​free movement country to have restored temporary controls at their borders (Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Germany, France) as they are authorized in exceptional circumstances.

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Migrants: Belgium reintroduces controls at the border with France

New penknife in Schengen. Belgium announced Tuesday the temporary restoration controls at the border with France, to deal with a possible influx of migrants leaving the “jungle” of Calais, a vast camp …

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