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URL: http://ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/politik/danskpolitik/article1751670.ece

06:50, 02. maj 2012 | Janus Østergaard

Danish People’s Party (Dansk Folkeparti) wants to make sure that foreigners do not have the possibility to vote for municipality and regional election

Danish People’s Party is ready to take voting rights from foreign citizens for the municipality and region election.

The party’s controversial demand is a reaction for the government’s suggestion that foreigners – who are not from the EU or the Nordics – should have voting rights after living here for 3 years.

Should be like the parliament election
In the current regulation, only foreigners who have lived in the country for four years could vote, but now DF wants that no foreign citizens have voting rights.

- Today, one has to be a Danish citizen to vote for the parliament. I think it’s reasonable rule and it should be expanded so that the rule would cover municipality and region election, says DF integration spokesman Martin Henriksen.

However, he is ready to make exception for Nordic citizens.

URL: http://ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/samfund/article1656706.ece

Legeland’s director refuses all customers who look like Somalians

Legelandet.dk – a playground place in Aarhus – advertises the place with inflatable toys, golf and games, but you will be denied entrance if you’re from Somalia.

‘To all Somalian families, children and adults. It’s regrettable that we have to refuse your entrance in Legelandet.dk” The warning sign was written in big alphabets on the entrance door to Legeland.dk

- We were very shocked when we saw the sign on the entrance, said Mette Bonde to ekstrabladet.dk.

- I don’t want to take my children to a place where people are looked down upon, said Mette further.

She and her family gets free entrance to Legelandet.dk in Brabrand because advertisement for the playground was put on her car.

But it is over now.

- We will not represent that, she said.

Legeland’s director to customers: “It’s never one of you”

Thomas Vestergaard, along with his two brothers, owns legelandet.dk, also the one in Vejle. They have decided to deny customers based on ethnicity.

Last Sunday on November 6, there were around 900 guests celebrating holiday in Legelandet.dk and most of them were Somalians, according to Thomas Vestergaard. The celebration ended in a fight where police and ambulances had to be called.

-  I have refused around 15 people in the last few days. They denied that they had anything to dow ith the fight, said Thomas Vestergaard to ekstrabladet.dk but they were still denied entrance to the playground.

- ’It’s never one of you’, Thomas Vestergaard cited his own answer to rejected guests who couldn’t understand why they were denied entrance.

Don’t you think it’s discriminating?

- If anyone thinks that way, there’s nothing I can do about it. I have to protect my business and I don’t want anyone destroys it, said Vestergaard, who said that the Sunday fight had cost him around 30.-40.000 kroner.

- I’m not a racist, and if they were Danes, I would do the same, he said.

Want to find the guilty ones.
Legelandet’s management says that the warning sends an important signal

- Our guests would see that wrong actions brings consequences.

In order to solve the problem, he is doing dialog with Somalian Organization.

- They are also tired of it. I would like to take off the sign if they come to me with those who were responsible for the fight and the damages.