Iceland will tighten asylum laws after MPs voted 38 to 15 to strip benefits away from failed asylum seekers. The island nation has recently witnessed a dramatic spike in refugee arrivals, with over 2,500 asylum applicants lodged last year in a country of 370,000.
The ‘Alien Bill’’ proposed by the Icelandic Minister for Justice Jón Gunnarsson received the support of all three ruling government parties despite vocal opposition from the Pirate Party and Social Democrats, who raised concerns that refugees would be left homeless.
