Can a border fence keep out wild boar?
Danes are building a controversial barrier along the border with Germany
MARTIN ELLERMAN, the mayor of Harrislee, a town on the German-Danish border, is fuming. At the behest of the Danish government, a five-foot steel fence is being built along the 70 km (40-mile) border to prevent an influx of immigrants from the rest of Europe. Mr Ellermann thinks it an aesthetic affront that violates the European ethos of invisible borders.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Keeping foreign snouts out”
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