Denmark's Latest Stand Against 'Undesirable' Migrants: Ship Them To An Island

[steve from amherst]

Lying in the middle of an inlet about two miles from shore, Denmark's island of Lindholm could be described as inhospitable; for decades cattle and swine suspected of harboring exotic viral diseases were shipped there to be studied. Now, the Danish government says the island will host another set of unwanted inhabitants: rejected asylum seekers who can't go home and foreigners convicted of crimes.

And providing an inhospitable environment for them is precisely the point.

The center-right government and the anti-immigration Danish People's Party, which together hold a parliamentary majority, adopted the plan on Friday as part of a greater budget bill.

The goal is to decontaminate the island by late next year and open it up to some 100 people by 2021, The Associated Press reported.

Støjberg says the residency permits for inhabitants will only allow them to set foot on the island and if they are caught elsewhere, they will be put "behind bars."

Further ensuring their isolation, they will have limited ferry access, Danish People's Party spokesman Martin Henriksen told Denmark's TV 2. "They do not have so much money, these people, and the more expensive we make the ferry ticket, the (more) difficult it will be for them to enter the mainland," Henriksen said.

Underscoring the island's toxic association, The New York Times reports one of the ferries now serving it is called the Virus.

The move is just the latest effort by the government to clamp down on immigrants, including those already on Danish soil.

[SmeeAgain]

Lots of cute women in Denmark.  😍

[Whiskey Tango Foxtrot]

Sounds like a time! Ship em off to Puerto Rico, everybody wins.

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