Schengen boarder control update

 As of February 18, 2021, the following countries have temporarily reintroduced border controls in the context of COVID-19.

• Austria (February 8 – February 27, 2021), borders with the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic.
• Belgium (February 6 – February 25, 2021), all internal borders.
• Denmark (November 12 2020 – May 11, 2021), to be determined but may concern all internal borders.
• Finland (January 27 – February 25, 2021), all internal borders.
• Germany (February 14 – February 23, 2021), land and air border with the Czech Republic, air border with Austria.
• Hungary (January 29 – February 27, 2021), all internal borders.
• Norway (February 10 – March 12, 2021), all internal borders.
• Portugal (February 10 – February 28, 2021), the internal border with Spain.
• Spain (February 10 – February 28, 2021), the land border with Portugal.
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Austria extended border controls at the borders with Slovakia and the Czech Republic at the beginning of the month, at a time when the numbers of COVID-19 cases in all three countries were increasing, and the government of Croatia was being accused of damaging the economy with the harsh measures imposed in a bid to contain the pandemic.

Germany, on the other hand, temporarily closed its borders for Czechia and Austria citizens after a surge in the number of the Coronavirus infections identified in both countries.

And while Spain initially reintroduced land border controls with Portugal only for a short period, the same were later on extended and are now set to expire on February 28.

In addition, temporary border controls are currently in place in a context different from COVID-19 after being reintroduced by the following countries:

• Norway (November 12 2020 – May 11 2021), reintroduced due to terrorist threats, secondary movements, at ports with ferry connections to Denmark, Germany and Sweden.
• Austria (November 12 2020 – May 11 2021) introduced due to secondary movements, risk related to terrorists and organized crime, the situation at the external borders, at land borders with Hungary and with Slovenia.
• Germany (November 12 2020 – May 11 2021) introduced due to secondary movements, the situation at the external borders, at the land border with Austria.
• Sweden (November 12 2020 – May 11 2021) introduced due to terrorist threats, deficiencies at the external borders, to be determined but may concern all internal borders.
• Denmark (November 12 2020 – May 11 2021) introduced due to terrorist threats, organized criminality threats, to be determined but may concern all internal borders.
• France (November 1 2020 – April 30 2021) introduced because of the continuous terrorist threat, the situation at external borders, at all internal borders.