Netherlands to beef up border surveillance

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Series Details 21.11.11
Publication Date 21/11/2011
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EUObserver reported that heavily reliant on the anti-immigrant vote, the Dutch government planned in January 2012 to introduce an automatic video-surveillance system along its borders to cut down on cross-border crime.

The European Commission was reported to be checking whether the system was in line with EU law on freedom of movement in the borderless Schengen area consisting of 25 EU and non-EU countries.

In January 2012, the Dutch interior minister Gerd Leers told the European Commission that new border cameras would help to catch illegal immigrants without breaking EU rules.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://euobserver.com/22/114327
Related Links
EUObserver, 31.1.12: Dutch minister: Border cameras do not break EU law http://euobserver.com/9/115087
ESO: Background information: Denmark to Reintroduce Border Controls on Tuesday http://www.europeansources.info/record/denmark-to-reintroduce-border-controls-on-tuesday/

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