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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11475
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) denmark

Copenhagen justifies seizing migrants' valuables

Brussels, 25/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 25 January, the Danish authorities addressed the European Parliament Civil Liberties Committee (see EUROPE 11472) and defended its draft laws to seize the personal valuables of asylum seekers (in an effort to cover part of the reception costs) and restrict family regroupment rights.

Inger Stojberg, the Danish minister for immigration and integration, said that “We are applying the same rules for everyone” and want to “prevent any...