COPENHAGEN, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Almost 3,000 people were rejected from entering Denmark in 2016 after the country ushered in border control to curb the inflow of illegal migrants at the beginning of the year, authorities announced on Thursday.
According to the immigration authorities, a total of 2,901 people have been rejected at the Danish-German border in southern Jutland and by ferries on Lolland-Falster.
Those from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Eritrea and Somalia accounted for almost half of the rejected.
"This proves the necessity of the border control that we have introduced," the minister for immigration and integration Inger Stoejberg was quoted by the Danish news agency Ritzau as saying.
The reasons for the rejection are lack of visas, residence permits or use of false papers, according to Ritzau.
The temporary border control between Denmark and Germany was introduced at the beginning of 2016. It has since been extended several times, most recently until May 12 this year.
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