Sweden: if necessary, connecting bridge to Denmark

World December 3, 2015 18:30

stockholm - The Swedish government is preparing a plan that should make it possible to close the Oresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden for safety reasons. The country is facing a large influx of asylum seekers.

The plan would make it possible to transport people to ask for identification, said a spokesman of the Ministry of Infrastructure. The government would the road over the bridge and other roads can shut down in Sweden.The Oresund Bridge connects the Danish capital Copenhagen with the Swedish city of Malmo. Every day about 20 000 cars across the bridge.