Posted on 12/15/2015 10:13:28 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Denmark passed a law on Sunday to confiscate jewelry from refugees in order to 'make ends meet', Swedish national public TV broadcaster STV reported.
Justice and Immigration Minister Sören Pind had last week defended the move during a live news program on a state-run TV channel saying, "This way the revenue that is obtained can be used to meet the costs of the refugees."
However, Pind underlined that wedding or engagement rings, watches and cell phones would not be confiscated, but all items with a value over 300 euros would be seized by the government.
While the law is already drawing public criticism from Denmark and Sweden, police are trying to determine how it will be enforced.
Denmark has been getting a bad reputation in Europe, especially since the Nordic country launched anti-refugee ads in September and shut off rail way links to the country. Its anti-refugee stance has been in full spate since Denmark's ruling Liberal Party won power in June on an anti-immigration platform.
According to the Danish Immigration Service (DIS), numbers indicate a skyrocketing refugee population in Denmark. Nearly double the number of refugees sought asylum in the country in 2014 than 2013, going from 7,557 to 14,815. Of the 14,815 refugees who sought asylum last year, less than half were granted official refugee status, totaling 6,110. The two largest groups who sought asylum in 2015 were from Syria and Eritrea.
Officials said that the recent refugee surge has become an opportunity for some gangs in Denmark. The gangs are making large amounts of money through assisting the refugees during their journey to Europe. The Denmark police recently conducted raids to arrest people for human smuggling.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailysabah.com ...
Jewelry is the arab woman’s social security.
The poorest Muzzies will end up going to Denmark and the wealthier ones will stay in Germany.
Check the cell phones for Bitcoins.
Are they checking teeth for gold fillings too?
Take the cell phones, you dummies!
Better yet, send them all back.
Sorosphones
Muslim source? — Good catch. I had not noticed that.
Yep. Unintended consequences of a stupid law. Idea was OK ... Details were stupid.
“And cellphones.”
Any Hymens.
You just can’t make this sh_t up folks.
Company selling ‘fake hymens’ to Muslim women in Germany - which burst with fake blood to trick husbands into thinking they are virgins - sees sales surge as migrant influx spikes
Influx of refugees from Muslim countries into Germany helped boost sales
German firm Virginia Care sells package with two ultra-thin membranes
Women can insert it themselves to make it appear her hymen is unbroken
By Allan Hall for MailOnline
Published: 06:01 EST, 15 December 2015 | Updated: 06:09 EST, 15 December 2015
Dude, you're right out of a Herman's Hermits song:
"Don't know much about history..."
** Refugees have a lot of expensive jewelry? **
When I was in Hercegovina (BiH) during the nineties, I visited a refugee center with a friend who volunteered there. I was surprised to see all the gold jewelry the refugee women were wearing.
My daughter and I joked the ladies were wearing more gold jewelry than we owned. My friend said that the gold jewelry was useful as it could be used like money if the need arose.
People who live in war zones, politically volatile areas, and areas of persecution have the wisdom of their elders passed on to them at an early age. Gold, jewel stones, silver, etc., holds value over runaway inflation, portable and convertible. Read the accounts of escapees who saw the writing on the wall.
Back in the 70s many Ethiopian women paid for their families escape from Ethiopia by selling their rings and bracelets.
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