Denmark debates defences against asylum seekers

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Denmark debates defences against asylum seekers



"Here we are in the middle, not really participating."

COPENHAGEN: -- Refugees applying for asylum in Denmark may soon need to be well aware of the value of any assets they are carrying.

Copenhagen’s parliament has begun debating immigration law proposals which include confiscating their valuables to help pay for their. Copenhagen has announced it will extend temporary border controls at the German border by 20 days—as a deterrence measure.

The controversial proposal would empower the authorities to take any refugees’ valuables worth more than around 1,300 euros. The centre-right minority government depends on support from the anti-immigrant and eurosceptic Danish People’s Party.

Integration Minister Inger Støjberg responded to criticism by saying that wedding rings and other items of sentimental value would not be confiscated. The new law is supported by a majority of the parties in parliament, and could be approved by the end of this month.

If passed, some refugee families may expect to wait for as long as three years to be reunited, temporary residence permits will be shortened and permanent residency for foreigners be made harder to get.

New top UN refugee official Filippo Grandi last week criticised the Danish government.

The High Commissioner for Refugees said: “Europe, traditionally, has been a continent that has told other countries what to do in terms of asylum, has asked countries outside Europe to take refugees. Now if Europe starts setting limits, pushing back, erecting barriers, being hostile, the rest of the world will follow, I can tell you.”

According to some estimates, at least 20% of Danish voters support anti-immigration policies; others are embarrassed by them.

‘Welcome to Denmark’ activist Lina Soergaard said: “If you look at a country like Sweden, they have taken so many more refugees, and the same with Germany, and here we are in the middle, and we are not really participating.”

Around 20,000 people sought asylum in Denmark last year, around 160,000 in Sweden and around one million in Germany.

Cameroonian engineering student Marius Youbi already knows how strictly Denmark can apply its rules. A few days ago, he was deported because he worked for an hour and a half longer than the 15 hours per week that foreign students are allowed.


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[ezzra]

Most of them are economic refugees who had to pay thousands of dollars to people smugglers

to get to where they are now, the land free social benefits to all, so the Danes are doing the right

things, pay your way....

[Usernames]

Lina needs to move to Sweden.

[rasmus5150]

“If you look at a country like Sweden, they have taken so many more refugees, and the same with Germany, and here we are in the middle, and we are not really participating.”

But have you seen what kind of problems that have occured recently in Germany and Sweden?

Around 20,000 people sought asylum in Denmark last year, around 160,000 in Sweden and around one million in Germany.

Which means that Denmark must be doing something right.

[Briggsy]

Misleading headline and migrant-sympathetic PC-shaming writing style with "statistics" plucked from who knows where.

Denmark has accepted many asylum claims and naturalised many foreigners. But, for the loony left, it is never enough.

Europe has gone mad in accepting so many migrants from foreign cultures with lower levels of civilisation and respect for the rule of law. Even the attacks on women throughout Europe has not shaken the left from its irrational and dogmatic view that all mass migration must be allowed.

I despair.

[oneday]

A million refugees in Germany...good luck with that.

[wabothai]

Most of them are economic refugees who had to pay thousands of dollars to people smugglers

to get to where they are now, the land free social benefits to all, so the Danes are doing the right

things, pay your way....

European citizens are allowed little ownership as well when asking for aid. The problem here is that most refugees don't have bankaccounts which could be checked by the authorities.

[jacky54]

Last time I was in Copenhagen was 2003 and thought the suburbs were over run with economic 'refugees' and becoming ghetto like then, god knows what it's like now

[Ulic]

The issue is really not about the money. The issue is refugee who currently have to wait one year

for the right to apply for family reunification will now have to wait 3 years and the costs have

increased significantly. Everyone forgets that when a refuge is accepted, there are wives, children,

mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, cousins, waiting in the wings. Obviously the cousins are well

down the list but they are on the long list. From anchor babies, to sending an advanced recon person,

strategies are varied in how to get the family into a European country. Some travel with children

knowing children get them to the front of any line. (even when the children are not theirs) Denmark

is just trying to make itself less desirable a destination. If you are single with nobody in the wings to

follow Denmark is a great choice. If you have an entourage to follow it will not be as desirable a

country, if the law passes. Germany may have had 1 million migrants this year, but 3 million are

forecast for next year. They and the rest of Europe are aware that when they accept a refugee they

will get another4-6 on average in the near future following. But governments (like many of us) will

deal with that when the time comes. The consequences of Mama Merkel shouting on the front

pages of the worlds newspapers that the doors are wide open and all will be welcomed are far

from over.

[scooterboy]

Last time I was in Copenhagen was 2003 and thought the suburbs were over run with economic 'refugees' and becoming ghetto like then, god knows what it's like now

Yes, totally agree. I left Denmark for good after parts of Copenhagen and the surrounds changed over the years from living a peaceful existence, to being somewhat scared to go out after dark. Although I may not have anything against the individual refugee, the way parts of the country were allowed to be turned into something bordering on ghettos, was too much. After certain traditional Danish dishes were banned from nurseries (and some schools, I believe), as they "offended" other religions, I reckoned it was time to go. Haven't been back since, so perhaps things have changed for the better - hmmm... or not.

[jacky54]

First went in 1974 when it was still Denmark populated by the Danish, by 2003 the invasion was well under way, so sad.

[Briggsy]

And this from today's Independent, (U.K. slightly left-leaning newspaper, don't be fooled by its name)

"Swedish police banned from describing criminals anymore in case they sound racist"

http://Swedish police banned from describing criminals anymore in case they sound racist

You have to read this to believe it. Europe is being run by raving idiots who are now determined to try and hide their colossal errors.

[Saradoc1972]

New top UN refugee official Filippo Grandi last week criticised the Danish government.

The High Commissioner for Refugees said: “Europe, traditionally, has been a continent that has told other countries what to do in terms of asylum, has asked countries outside Europe to take refugees. Now if Europe starts setting limits, pushing back, erecting barriers, being hostile, the rest of the world will follow, I can tell you.”

Well, maybe Europe had the wrong idea all along.

The whole thing really hinges on being able to determine who and how many can enter your country, and who has to leave again for having made

a nuisance of themselves. Like Arab hate-preachers, about every western country has had at least one who then fought extradition tooth and nail.

The problem is that decision on staying or leaving cannot really be made by the country in question, but is largely in the hands of up to three courts based on

a nicety level of human rights which might have been right for refugees in the 50ies and 60ies but has by now grown in to a toxic network of inter-dependencies.