Germany to hold out additional checks on the border in reference to the European Soccer Championship

From immediately, the German police will perform extra checks on the border in reference to the European Soccer Championship to be held in Germany. There are additionally extra checks on the border with the Netherlands.

“Our focus goes from the specter of Islamic terrorism to hooliganism and cyber assaults,” says Inside Minister Faeser. She emphasizes that there aren’t any particular indicators of attainable assaults.

German police will perform extra checks on the borders with Denmark, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. All 5 international locations are members of the Schengen space. There are often no border controls between these international locations and just a few random checks.

Air and port site visitors could also be topic to extra inspections. Faeser asks everybody touring to Germany for the European Championship to carry the proper (journey) paperwork.

The extra provisional checks will final till July 19, 5 days after the European Championship last. The competitors begins in only one week with the opening match between Germany and Scotland in Munich. On the European Championships, round 580 international law enforcement officials are supporting the German police. They monitor the host cities.