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January 13, 2016

Denmark Poised to Pass Law to Strip Refugees of Their Possessions
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Denmark is set to pass a law to confiscate refugees' possessions, in a
move that has drawn comparisons to Nazi Germany and condemnation from
the United Nations. The law would force refugees to surrender anything
over about $1,500 in valuables in order to pay for their stay as they
apply for asylum. Meanwhile, a new United Nations analysis reveals the
number of people migrating to foreign countries increased by 41 percent
over the past 15 years to 244 million in 2015; of those people, the U.N.
considers 20 million to be refugees.


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