i cross a german border every now and then. did so for years. they were always professional. sometimes people act up, then they are quick to shut it down, but what do they expect ?
i know my subjective eyperience is not representative, but
i also crossed the border via train in 2024. these trains are routinely checked
its not very disruptive. they walk through the train and rarely actually approach people. If they do, its usually over pretty quickly (if documents are in order i assume)
End of 2024 they started at all borders some borders are controlled regularly for years now. I think some are dating back to 2015.
Yeah it's annoying (specially in night trains) and I'm all for abolishing them again but I also only ever have experienced the officers as very professional. But I'm German so who knows.
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slaacaa@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 206d
POV: you’re an Eastern-European crossing the German border in your car
POV: you’re an Eastern-European crossing the German border with German plates
(In my personal experience)
Greddan@feddit.org · 16 pts · 206d
whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 206d
Borders with which country? Because I never had issues, maybe they are really good profilers?
slaacaa@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 206d
Random skin color check
starchylemming@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 206d
i cross a german border every now and then. did so for years. they were always professional. sometimes people act up, then they are quick to shut it down, but what do they expect ?
FooBarrington@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 206d
The border patrols this article is talking about only started end of 2024.
starchylemming@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 206d
i know my subjective eyperience is not representative, but i also crossed the border via train in 2024. these trains are routinely checked
its not very disruptive. they walk through the train and rarely actually approach people. If they do, its usually over pretty quickly (if documents are in order i assume)
FooBarrington@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 206d
Did you cross often at the end of 2024? If not, how can you know the new kinds of controls are done routinely?
I think you're still talking about the previous controls.
ardorhb@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 205d
End of 2024 they started at all borders some borders are controlled regularly for years now. I think some are dating back to 2015.
Yeah it's annoying (specially in night trains) and I'm all for abolishing them again but I also only ever have experienced the officers as very professional. But I'm German so who knows.
verdi@feddit.org · 11 pts · 206d
Do Denmark, Poland and Sweden next please.
poVoq@slrpnk.net · 10 pts · 206d
For some other countries, I suspect they only do it to inconvenience German travellers as a fuck you for Germany pushing the same shit onto them.
trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 206d
With Poland, if I recall right, instating border checks was a reciprocal measure for the German border checks.
Denmark has been doing that shit for longer already AFAIK, with all kinds of interesting excuses, like "preventing the spread of Swine Fever".
No idea about Sweden, but I guess they mean it, too, they do have a far right party in their ruling coalition after all.
trolske@feddit.org · 6 pts · 206d
Denmark has several exceptions from the Maastricht treaty, border controls being one of those.
It's ridiculous and should finally stop