<div dir="ltr"><p class=""><b>Danish Clubs bar Migrants in Language Row</b><br></p><p class="">Some nightclubs in Denmark are reportedly refusing entry to migrants unless they speak either Danish, English or German.</p>
<p>It comes after claims that asylum seekers and refugees have been harassing female guests.</p>
<p>Women in at least three Danish cities, Thisted, Haderslev
and Sonderborg, have recently reported they feel uncomfortable at night
because of how some migrants behave in bars and clubs.</p>
<p>Clubgoer Stephanie Kleis Nielsen in Sonderborg told TV SYD:
"I feel inconvenienced because they want to reach us all the time and
they do not understand an answer.</p>
<p>"They stare and are very pushy.</p>
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<p>"I have experienced standing outside a nightclub where my
hair was pulled and it is uncomfortable that people need to tinker with
me.</p>
<p>"It is tiresome and annoying. If they must be in the nightlife, so they must learn how to behave in Denmark."</p>
<p>It comes in the wake of dozens of <a href="http://news.sky.com/story/1618820/cologne-police-chief-removed-over-assaults" target="_blank"><strong>alleged assaults on women by migrants in Cologne</strong></a>, Germany, on New Year's Eve.</p>
<p>And German town Bornheim <a href="http://news.sky.com/story/1623889/pool-ban-for-migrants-after-women-harassed" target="_blank"><strong>has banned male asylum seekers from a public swimming pool</strong></a> after women complained they were being sexually harassed.</p>
<p>Some drinking premises in Denmark are believed to have
brought in extra security guards while others have decided to keep out
guests who are unable to communicate with staff.</p>
<p>Among the clubs that have adopted the new policy is
reportedly the Buddy Holly discotheque in Sonderborg where no one can
enter unless they can speak either Danish, English or German.</p>
<p>Several others are considering a similar move, said industry
group Danmarks Restauranter og Cafeer, which has over 1,500 members
nationwide.</p>
<p>"If you have a group of guests that comes in and displays
threatening behaviour then it presents some security-related challenges
if you cannot enter into a dialogue," its managing director, Torben
Hoffmann Rosenstock, told TV2.</p>
<p>But Amnesty International has hit out at the language policy, saying it is discriminatory.</p>
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<p>Claus Juul told Sky News: "We acknowledged the need to
protect the rights of women - the right to interact and move around
publicly, and the need to educate newcomers about the gender equality
situation in Denmark.</p>
<p>"At the same time, however, a state of law cannot resort to
general prohibitions and restriction aimed at particular groups
exclusively on grounds of their national or regional origin."</p>
<p>He claimed that bars were using security reasons as a cover to indirectly discriminate against migrants.</p>
<p>"This type of action has to be rejected," he said, urging Danes "not to do this to minorities and sink to that level".</p>
<p>Earlier this month, Denmark and Sweden tightened border checks to stem the flow of migrants coming from Germany.</p>
<p>The Danish government announced it was stepping up controls
of its border with Germany, to make sure migrants heading for Sweden do
not get stuck in Denmark.</p>
<p>"The government doesn't want Denmark to become a new big destination for refugees," Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said.</p>
<p>Sweden demanded all passengers travelling by train from
Denmark show identification, something that has not been required since
the 1950s.</p>
<p>The moves come after more than one million migrants,
including from conflict-hit Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, entered the EU
in 2015.</p>
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