Denmark becomes the first European nation to tell Syrian refugees they must return home, saying the

[mountaineer]

Denmark becomes the first European nation to tell Syrian refugees they must return home, saying the country is now safe
    *Denmark has stripped 94 Syrian refugees in the country of residency permits
    *The revocation of permits comes after Denmark deemed Damascus as safe
    *Migrants will be sent to deportation camps, but will not be forced to leave
    *Denmark's ruling centre-Left Social Democratic Party has taken a fierce anti-immigration stance in an effort to fend off challenges from parties on the Right
    *Germany had previously ruled that criminals could be returned to Syria
    *But Denmark becomes first country in Europe to rule migrants can be returned

By Chris Jewers For Mailonline and Afp
Published: 08:37 EST, 2 March 2021 | Updated: 14:28 EST, 2 March 2021

...   Mattias Tesfaye, Denmark's immigration minister, said last month that the country had been 'open and honest from the start' with refugees coming from Syria.

'We have made it clear to the Syrian refugees that their residence permit is temporary. It can be withdrawn if protection is no longer needed,' he said, according to The Daily Telegraph.

His comments came as Denmark extended the parts on Syria considered safe for people to return, to include the southern Rif Dimashq Governorate.  ...

Full story at Daily Mail

[skeeter]

The beginning of a wildly popular global trend, hopefully.

[Sled Dog]

94, huh?

They have a serious alien problem there, I can tell.

Those people won't be returning to Syria, they'll be hopping on a plane to the USA.

[mountaineer]

Leftists' tears are so delicious.

Denmark’s “Zero Asylum” Plan Means Psychological Torture for Refugees
By     Cecília Tümler and Anton ÖsgÃ¥rd

The Social Democrats' 2019 election win fed hopes that Denmark would move away from extreme measures that strip migrants of their valuables and criminalize minority neighborhoods. Yet since then, the Social Democratic government has continued this offensive — with recent calls for a "zero asylum" agenda that will push refugees into endless purgatory.  ...

This apparent normalization of Islamophobia, racism, and far-right rhetoric has been gradual. Indeed, the shift referenced by Kjersgaard happened long before the minister’s zero-asylum vision was put into words. Over the years, Danish immigration politics has become increasingly extreme, culminating in a 2019 legislative package known as the “paradigm shift,” passed by the right-wing government with backing from both the Danish People’s Party and the Social Democrats. ...

Jacobin Mag

[mountaineer]

Meanwhile, in Sweden:

Sweden attacker identified as 22-year-old Afghan: media
Johannes LEDEL
Thu, March 4, 2021, 2:07 AM

The suspect in the stabbing that left seven injured in Sweden is a 22-year-old Afghan, who arrived in the Nordic country in 2018, media reported Thursday.

Swedish police are investigating a possible terror incident after a man stabbed and injured at least seven people in the city of Vetlanda on Wednesday.  ...

Police initially treated the incident as "attempted murder" but later changed it in a statement to include a "suspected terrorist crime", without giving further details.

Police did not specify the man's nationality, but according to several media reports, he was originally from Afghanistan and had arrived in Sweden in 2018.

Three of those attacked were said to have suffered life-threatening injuries, while two others were in serious condition, according to the local health authority in Jonkoping where they were being treated in hospital.  ...

AFP via Yahoo News