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Belgium has announced it has imposed controls on its border with France amid fears of an influx of migrants.
Up to 290 police officers would be deployed along the border, said Interior Minister Jan Jambon.
The move comes as a French court deliberates over the legality of plans imminently to evict thousands of migrants from part of the "Jungle" camp in Calais.
"They're already on their way here," Mr Jambon was quoted as saying.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35639858
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He said the controls, which entail a suspension of the EU's Schengen accord allowing passport-free travel, would last "as long as necessary".
French and British officials want to reduce the number of migrants in Calais and deter others from heading there in the hope of reaching the UK.
Migrants gathered in the "Jungle" camp in Calais were told by authorities last week that they faced eviction from the southern portion of the camp.
That has triggered fears in Belgium that the camp's inhabitants will simply move on.
"It's our express intention to avoid tent camps like Calais in our country," Mr Jambon said.
He said 32 people had been arrested on Monday in Adinkerke, a Belgian village close to the French border.
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Why are the being allowed to move on? Why are they being allowed to remain in France having refused to claim asylum there and been involved in repeated illegality? What sort of system would allow this to happen? European borders under siege by people who're hell bent on breaching our security and disrespecting our laws. As usual there are plenty of questions about the goings on within the EU and precious few reassuring answers...