The Danish Parliament has heard the first reading of an amendment to the Aliens Law. The amendment seeks to tighten the alien laws of Denmark by severer restrictions.
Minister of Justice M. Steinke, a Social Democrat, in introducing this measure said he would not be responsible for any consequences if thousands, or even tens of thousands, of “non-Aryan” refugees overran the country, where unemployment was rife already.
It was further pointed out from the Social Democratic side that the Nuremberg laws were likely to result in a new flood of “non-Aryan” refugees and that, in spite of the sympathy one felt for these victims of Nazism, it was impossible to offer them hospitality in Denmark for economic reasons. The question, it was urged in the debate, would be solved only internationally by the League of Nations.
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