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| Denmark confiscating migrant valuables brings in 'nothing' |
| 2016-02-17 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Denmark's controversial law allowing police to search asylum seekers and confiscate their valuables to help pay for their accommodation has raised no money in its first 11 days, police said on Tuesday. The new rules, which allow for cash or items without "sentimental value" -- hence no wedding rings -- to be seized if they are worth more than 10,000 kroner (1,340 euros, $1,498), have brought in "nothing" since coming into force on February 5, a police front man told AFP. Last week 230 people applied for asylum in Denmark, according to the Danish Immigration Service. "I don't think it has ever been about raising money," said Pernille Skipper, a spokeswoman for the left-wing Red Green Alliance party. Rather, the "symbolic" move was aimed at "scaring refugees into travelling to other European countries than Denmark," she added. A front man for the anti-immigration Danish People's Party, Martin Henriksen, said it was "too early to evaluate the law". |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Rather, the "symbolic" move was aimed at "scaring refugees into travelling to other European countries than Denmark," she added. Bingo. It's a practical application of the perverse California incentive to raise taxes high enough to cause business to relocate/setup elsewhere. It works. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-02-17 09:30 |
| #2 Billy Preston does the math on this one! |
| Posted by: Raj 2016-02-17 01:19 |
| #1 Well, it's the thought that counts. |
| Posted by: gorb 2016-02-17 01:03 |