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Finnish politician advocates implanting benefit claimants with microchips to track them | Finnish politician advocates implanting benefit claimants with microchips to track them |
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A Finnish politician has proposed implanting benefit claimants with microchips to stop them using public money to fund “lavish lifestyles” abroad. | A Finnish politician has proposed implanting benefit claimants with microchips to stop them using public money to fund “lavish lifestyles” abroad. |
Pasi Mäenranta, chairman of the nationalist Finns Party in Rauma, outlined his proposition on Facebook. | Pasi Mäenranta, chairman of the nationalist Finns Party in Rauma, outlined his proposition on Facebook. |
“We don't know in what situations people go abroad,” he wrote on Sunday, according to a translation by Finnish news website Metropolitan.fi. | “We don't know in what situations people go abroad,” he wrote on Sunday, according to a translation by Finnish news website Metropolitan.fi. |
“It is possible that our social benefits are used to provide for a lavish lifestyle in a country with lower cost of living. I hope for a change to this.” | |
Mr Mäenranta said that the chip could track the person’s whereabouts but would be voluntary. | Mr Mäenranta said that the chip could track the person’s whereabouts but would be voluntary. |
He suggested that electronic tags could also be used, with welfare payments being immediately stopped if the item was broken or removed. | He suggested that electronic tags could also be used, with welfare payments being immediately stopped if the item was broken or removed. |
The politician, who is a local councillor and does not sit in the Finnish parliament, has been a member of the Finns Party since 2006 and contested three national elections. | |
Welfare payments are being debated in Finland following reports that Isis supporters may be using unemployment and child benefits to fund their journey to join the so-called Islamic State in Syria. | Welfare payments are being debated in Finland following reports that Isis supporters may be using unemployment and child benefits to fund their journey to join the so-called Islamic State in Syria. |
The Finns Party, also known as the True Finns, won the second-largest number of seats in April’s elections and became part of the coalition government for the first time. | The Finns Party, also known as the True Finns, won the second-largest number of seats in April’s elections and became part of the coalition government for the first time. |
Policies include reducing immigration from outside the EU, restricting social and health care to Finns, refusing asylum to refugees and abolishing international aid. | Policies include reducing immigration from outside the EU, restricting social and health care to Finns, refusing asylum to refugees and abolishing international aid. |
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