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    Courtesy of the "Independent" many countries now doing it, sounds fair to me.


    German authorities have started confiscating jewellery, valuables and cash from refugees entering the country to make them fund their stay.

    Officials in Bavaria and other southern states seeing high numbers of asylum seekers arriving from Austria are following Denmarkand Switzerland to implement the controversial practice.

    Joachim Herrmann, the Bavarian interior minister, said anything worth more than €750 (£570) can legally be seized in his state.

    "The practice in Bavaria and the federal rules set out in law correspond in substance with the process in Switzerland," he added.

    In neighbouring Baden-Württemberg, asylum seekers can only keep money and valuables worth €350 (£265).

    The average amount seized so far is "in the four figures" per person across the southern states, Bild reported.

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