A Danish police officer stands in front of a train arriving from Germany to Rodby in Denmark filled with migrants September 7, 2015. REUTERS/Jens Norgaard Larsen/Scanpix
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A member of the European Parliament from Denmark's centre-right ruling party has defected to a left-wing party in protest at government plans to seize valuables from refugees to help fund their stay in the country.
Denmark has been mainly a transit country for refugees, and the minority Liberal government hopes to deter more from seeking asylum by taking valuables or cash worth more than 3,000 Danish crowns ($437) during border searches.
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