It takes the government, with a new bill will deny fremmedkrigeres entitled to help from the embassies and consulates abroad.
This was stated by minister of foreign affairs Jeppe Kofod (S).
– If you are travelling to a conflict zone without a creditable purpose, for example to Iraq or northeast Syria, we lose the right to the Danish consular assistance. It is only fair.
Denmark shall not be obliged to help the people who have turned their backs on us, poses a security threat to Denmark and fight against everything we stand for in Denmark. They should not come afterwards and ask on the help abroad, says Jeppe Kofod.
The normal assistance to fremmedkrigere typically consists of visits in the prisons and dialogue with the authorities on their terms. It can for example be in connection with a lawsuit.
– It applies to all fremmedkrigere, which travel out and align themselves with Islamic State or other terrorist movements. To them we owe absolutely nothing, says Jeppe Kofod.
Question: If you only have Danish citizenship and are defined as fremmedkriger, at all not be able to receive help?
– It is the intention behind the proposal. One should be prevented from access to the here help.
– It is the Danish authorities ‘ task to assess whether, for example, in the context of a local prosecution of the people here have to go in and help with the process. But it is always a specific and individual assessment, ” says Kofod.
According to the foreign minister breaks the law does not with the international conventions.
It will require a change in the law to get the proposal through. It requires thus a majority in Parliament.
the Proposal is the latest of several targeting fremmedkrigere, for example, is taken to Syria or Iraq to fight for Islamic State.
recently, the Danish Parliament adopted a law that makes it possible administratively to take the Danish passport from fremmedkrigere, who has dual citizenship.
