Danish parliament approves plan to seize assets from refugees (+EU States Put Increasing Pressure on Greece)

Under the new Danish law, police will be allowed to search asylum seekers on arrival in the country and confiscate any non-essential items worth more than 10,000 kroner (£1,000) that have no sentimental value to their owner.

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Robert Fico, the Slovakian prime minister, said: "There must be a backup plan, regardless of whether Greece stays in Schengen. We must find an effective border protection."

The idea outraged the Greek government, which must now consider the possibility of hundreds of thousands of refugees being unable to leave Greece, which is struggling with high unemployment and economic strife.