Netherlands to install border surveillance

News article

21 November 2011

 

The Dutch government is planning to install an automatic video-surveillance system at 15 major border crossing points with Germany and Belgium as of 1 January 2012. This was confirmed by the country’s migration ministry. According to the ministry, the aim of this measure is to detect cross-border crimes such as human trafficking and illegal migration.

 

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