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Asylum seekers in Sweden: scenes the Danish government would like to avoid (Photo: atranswe)

Danish plan to seize refugees' jewellery prompts controversy

Denmark’s minority government has come under fire for plans to seize migrants' valuables to cover the costs of their stay in the country and to dissuade others from coming.

An online petition against the initiative entitled "No to the confiscation of migrants' valuables" had garnered almost 15,000 signatures by Tuesday (22 December).

The proposed measure was likened to the Nazi’s treatment...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Asylum seekers in Sweden: scenes the Danish government would like to avoid (Photo: atranswe)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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