As reported by theguardian, Denmark’s parliament has voted on Tuesday in favour of drastic reforms curbing refugees’ rights, including delaying family reunifications and confiscating their valuables.

The country has insisted the new law is needed to stem the flow of refugees even though Denmark and Sweden recently tightened their borders.

While international outrage has focused on a proposal allowing police to seize cash and valuables from refugees to help pay for their stay in asylum centres, rights activists have also criticised a proposed three-year delay for family reunifications which they say breaches international conventions.

The plan has “a particularly bitter connotation in Europe, where the Nazis confiscated large amounts of gold and other valuables from Jews and others,” The Washington Post wrote.

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