COPENHAGEN: Denmark’s new right-wing government said on Wednesday it would slash benefits for asylum seekers to bring down the number of refugees coming to the country.

“The effect will hopefully be that fewer asylum seekers come to Denmark,” Integration Minister Inger Stojberg said at a press conference.

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