Danish MP suggests firing 'warning shots' at migrant boats

A Danish lawmaker faced criticism on Thursday for saying boats carrying migrants could be prevented from reaching Europe by firing "warning shots" at them.


"The only way you can do it efficiently is by simply turning the boats around and saying you cannot sail within this territorial border," Kenneth Kristensen Berth, a lawmaker for the anti-immigration Danish People's Party (DPP) said.

"If you do that you will either be fired at or you will be turned around and sailed back," he said during a debate in Copenhagen on Wednesday.

In a Facebook post after the debate, Berth said he did not advocate "shooting at migrants" but that "warning shots" could be used against the ships carrying them.
  [ahram.org.eg/AFP]
8/12/16

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