According to EU Helpers, a memo from the Department of Rural Affairs and Infrastructure states that this policy will be extended for an additional six months.
Thirty distinct Swedish institutions have now received the Memorandum, including the Swedish Police Authority, the Consumer Agency, the Coast Guard, the Migration Agency, and the Parliamentary Ombudsman. By November 29th, the same are supposed to reply with their position on the matter to the Swedish Ministry of Rural Affairs and Infrastructure.
The Ministry has reiterated in a statement the rationale for these actions as well as their introduction chronological order.
The Ministry further notes that the measure was extended three times: in August 2022, December of that year, and June of 2023.
Because of the threat posed by Islamist terrorism, Sweden today maintains controls at all of its internal borders in addition to those on passenger ships. The six-month extension of these border controls, which were scheduled to lapse on November 11 of this year, has been granted until May 11, 2024.
Sweden has added "recent threats by terrorist organizations, statements by state actors, serious threat to public policy and internal security" to the list of justifications for maintaining border inspections under the extended extension of their legality.
Reintroducing border controls has been more common in Schengen Area nations in recent months; most of these countries argue that the rise in migration is the primary driver behind the need for this action.
The most recent was the extension by Czechia and Poland of internal border controls with Slovakia until November 22, after they were first implemented on October 4.
According to data from the International Organization for Migration, 189,620 undocumented migrants arrived in Europe in just the past year. This compares to 151,417 in 2021, 99,907 in 2020, and 128,663 in 2019.