Denmark is suddenly in the very bad books.

Yesterday a bill sailed through the Danish parliament giving the authorities the right to confiscate the cash and belongings of any immigrant over the value of about a grand. On top of this, successful asylum seekers will now be forced to wait three years before being joined by the rest of their family.

There are things not apparent hiding behind this news story. Such as the fact that, in Denmark, anyone claiming benefit has to sell belongings over a certain value first. So, if mummy and daddy have bought you a 62 inch telly, you have to sell it before claiming dole.

So making immigrants comply with this seems only fair.

Until you realise that they’ve already fled war torn Syria to get here.

When the news broke on the BBC it provoked a pretty angry response from friends back in the UK. Well, the ones on Facebook anyway.

And then, today, this cartoon appeared in the British press.