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Re:A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until... by vegardx on Sunday February 12, 2017 @07:28PM (#13632120)
I understand that there are some overlapping rules and regulations between EU member states and states in the Schengen Area. But you don't have to go more than a year back, when the refugee crisis peaked, to find Norway enforcing full border control on all land and sea based borders. But not by air, probably because they knew most refugees would never be allowed to board a plane or afford the tickets.

This ended up in a huge mess, but as far as I know very few were actually turned away. Mostly people ended up being fined for not being able to provide a valid ID and let back in after a manual verification. There were some controversy around this, as citizens are not legally required to carry IDs.

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Re:A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until... by kzrdude on Sunday February 12, 2017 @07:48PM (#13632236)
The temporary border controls are not there to physically stop people from entering, but to dissuade them from trying to go to Norway at all in the first place. That's the big effect, and it is of course intentional.
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