Integration failure? Denmark wants to take refugees from cities, dump them into special camps

Friday, January 22, 2016
By Paul Martin

RT.com
22 Jan, 2016

Danish MPs have forced the government into looking at ways of resettling refugees in camps outside cities. The move comes as lawmakers finalize a bill aimed at confiscating refugees’ cash and belongings with a combined value of over $1,450.

The resolution, passed in the Danish parliament on Thursday, binds the government to come up with a plan to build state-backed villages outside of cities by March, according to Reuters.

At the moment, the majority of refugee families live in cities, but a number of tent camps have already been erected for single male migrants.

Migrants already living in such camps have voiced concerns that the new proposal – aimed at relieving the pressure on cities and towns that are running out of accommodation capacity – may in the end create ghettos.

“We come from a land of death and destruction. During our trip to Europe, we buried our friends in the Sahara sand and watched them drown in the Mediterranean. We just want peace, a good life and to be a part of the Danes,” Abrahim Tekle, 28, from Eritrea, told Ekstra Bladet daily.

“Isolating us in refugee villages, with no proper contact with Danes, poor opportunities to learn Danish and get a job, will have major consequences,” his friend Fitwi also told the newspaper.

Meanwhile, Denmark is a step closer to implementing a widely-discussed proposal to strip refugees of cash and other valuables exceeding 10, 000 kroner ($1,450) – with the exception of items of ‘sentimental value’ such as wedding rings. On Thursday, Danish deputies went through the final reading of the draft without making any amendments. The bill is expected to be approved on January 26.

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