Denmark Pays Hefty Welfare Benefits To Jihadists In Syria

There is something rotten in the state of Denmark. Shockingly, at least 32 Danish have received 378,000 kroner (US$57,000) in "unemployment benefits" even while they were involved in jihad and fought with Syrian extremists, according to government data.

"STAR [Danish Labour Agency] has thus far received information pertaining to 32 people who, according to PET's [Security and Intelligence Service] information, have gone abroad in relation to the conflict in Syria while at the same time receiving social benefits," an Employment Ministry document obtained by Danish Radio24syv says.

The IS members received kontanthjælp and dagpenge, which are "unemployment payments." One of the best Danish systems of unemployment payments include them on dagpenge welfare benefits, as they can receive up to 801 kroner per day ($121) for two years.

Ironically, Belgium and Denmark welcome the most number of jihadists in Europe. In Denmark, jihadists are actually "warmly welcomed home by the psychiatrists." The doctors hope that they can reintegrate the jihadists back into Europe, according to breitbart.

"Our main principle is inclusion," explained psychology professor Preben Bertelesen. "What motivates these young people is not that far from the motivation the rest of us have: a decent life. For them, joining Isis is fighting for utopia, fighting for a place where they're wanted. We're not stigmatising them or excluding them. Instead, we tell them that we can help them get an education, get a job, re-enter society."

Peter Skaarup of the Danish People's Party slammed the "careless" spending of Copenhagen, for allowing the benefits to reach the extremists.

"There has been a lot of talk about how serious it is, but when it comes to the practical consequences we can see that nobody does anything," he said. All the cases need to be told to the cops immediately, "because you are not available to the job market when you are in the midst of Syria's civil war."

"And if we are to send a signal that we won't accept these Syrian fighters going down there, we need to put more consequences in place."

While this information was received last November 2014, the 'unemployed' extremists were just 28 and the amount of money they got was not clear.

Last March, PET said that 115 Danish citizens have joined jihadists in Syria and Iraq since the start of Syrian Civil War in 2011, after which 19 were killed. "CTA [PET's Centre for Terror Analysis] believes there is a continued terror threat against Denmark from people who return home from the conflict in Syria/Iraq," the head of PET, Jens Madsen, said.

The CTA Director Soren Jensen said that the influence of IS in Denmark is significant. "We assess that there are still people who join the militant Islamic environments in Denmark and that within those environments there is widespread sympathy for ISIL," he said.