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Aug 24, 2018, 2:07 pm
#151
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Johan
Aug 24, 2018, 2:12 pm
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Hhhm would disagree here. Security are the people that check if you have nasty things in your luggage or on your body (usually in black suit and working for contractors). 'Douane' are the guys/girls/machines that check your passport - and indeed are KMAR (Royal Marechaussee, which is part of the Dutch Army!), usually in blue suit. And then the real Douane/customs (usually in a green suit, formal officials of Dutch goverment) are the people that you meet when moving to the arrivals hall and who have the task to prevent you import anything illegal in your luggage to NL.
Aug 24, 2018, 2:38 pm
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For some reason they leave me alone, the (slightly) annoying part is that all arriving pax (hundreds of them with tons of luggage, if you are unlucky) all have to squeeze through a narrow exit and go around two corners to exit the baggage hall. It's one of those annoying and unique Schiphol features.
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Aug 24, 2018, 3:25 pm
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Only essentially since incorporation of Schengen have these two functions been largely decoupled, and the police (in Slovakia) or KMAR (in Netherlands), or even the local cantonal police (in Zurich) check the passports, while the customs authorities check the baggage.
Aug 25, 2018, 12:48 am
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Same with Americans. Americans almost never refer to immigration, they always say customs. However, in the US it is the same agency that handles passport control and customs.