Posted on 11/05/2016 7:27:23 AM PDT by Olog-hai
A controversial Danish law allowing authorities to seize cash and valuables from asylum-seekers has been used on a handful of occasions since coming into force in February, Danish police said on Thursday.
A total of 117,600 kroner (€15,805, $17,525), all of it in cash, had been confiscated, Danish police told AFP in an email. […]
The law was first used on June 30th, when five Iranians had to hand over a total of 79,600 kroner, police said.
It was used a second time on July 14th, when an Iranian family of four had to pay 10,300 kroner, and again on August 3rd when an Algerian man had to give up 19,700 kroner.
A lawmaker for the anti-immigration Danish People’s Party, Martin Henriksen, said the law had been “a success in the sense that it had sent a signal that we have tightened [the rules] in Denmark.” …
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Were any drugs or weapons seized as well, or just cash?
Not very “welcoming” of them. s/
That is the best advertisement yet to keep them out.
Let the word get out to their cousins back in East Krapistan that the Europeans are taking your valuables on arrival, and not a one will bother to make the journey.
The migrants should not be there, and the Danish government has no right to take their money.
I would imagine this is what is going to happen in the US. Wanna stay? $10,000 dollars gets you a seat.
Well, about $16K of that came from ten people. One would presume that refugees would be near-penniless.
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