A policewoman looks on as migrants leave the border crossing from Hungary in Nickelsdorf, Austria September 14, 2015. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch police will carry out spot border checks in response to a surge in asylum seekers into the European Union, the Ministry for Justice said on Monday.
The two-decade-old era of border-free travel in Europe was unravelling as countries imposed controls on their frontiers in response to an unprecedented influx of migrants.
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