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That's precisely what the government wants. In elections last November, the Liberal party became the largest party in Parliament on a platform of clamping down on asylum seekers and immigrants living on welfare. The platform proved so popular that the Liberals became the first party since 1920 to overtake the Social Democrats in Parliament...
...some groups, including Somalis, the number of jobless is 90%. The social-welfare system is so generous, the government contends, that there is no incentive for refugees to find a job. A married couple with two children currently gets $2,441 a month. Denmark has the highest rate of asylum acceptance in Europe: 43% of applicants are given refugee status, according to the UNHCR, compared with 32% in Sweden and 29% in Britain. (Only 41% of foreigners living in Denmark are refugees; the rest are immigrants with official permission to stay in the country...
Grrrrraaaack! A horrible grinding sound came from the woods. I turned and saw an asylum escapee hurtling down an icy chute, face first, on what appeared to be a cafeteria tray. He was, in fact, a member of the village "toboggan" club, out for a ride on his "skeleton" sled. Three quick thoughts emerged: it's a bit early in the day for that, he's loonier than a luger, and we'll not see skeleton in the Olympics anytime soon...
...bomber to strike against Israel. An Israeli man also died in the Jerusalem blast. As Israeli officials considered plans to tighten security measures in the city, scores of military reservists criticized the army?s heavy hand in the Palestinian territories and refused to serve there. AUSTRALIA Return to Sender Asylum seekers at a detention center called off a two-week hunger strike after reassurances that their visa applications would be processed. But the standoff seemed likely to continue as lawyers for the mainly Afghan refugees said they would oppose a plan to offer them cash to leave the country. Prime...
...Grrrrraaaack! A horrible grinding sound came from the woods. I turned and saw an asylum escapee hurtling down an icy chute, face first, on what appeared to be a cafeteria tray. He was, in fact, a member of the village "toboggan" club, out for a ride on his "skeleton" sled. Three quick thoughts emerged: it's a bit early in the day for that, he's loonier than a luger, and we'll not see skeleton in the Olympics anytime soon...