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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 3:12 pm
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Sjoerd
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Originally Posted by Tanya934
Travelling from Belgium to Germany by rail no sign of any immigration officials on the train & couldn't even tell that we'd crossed into Germany until we saw the change in flags.
Mainland EU countries tend to be more lax on boarder crossings at the moment but i've heard that they could be tightening up on this very shortly.
Belgium, Germany and lots of other European countries have signed the Schengen agreement that abolishes immigration / passport checks when traveling between them. They will only reinstate passport checks at internal Schengen borders in case of a terrorist threat, high-risk events taking place, etc.
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