Following the surge in sexual assaults in Swedish swimming pools, and helpful leafletting, refugee "integration" efforts across European nations have taken a turn for the worse - despite all the politically-correct jawboning. First the German town of Bornheim banned adult male asylum seekers from the public pool, but now, the Danish capital of Copenhagen has taken a leaf out of 1960s America and introduced segegrated hours for boys and girls after a huge number of immigrants suddenly took up swimming in the refugee-heavy district of Tingbjerg.
Here is the full cartoon which you are encouraged to review in its entirety if you are an asylum seeker that plans on swimming in Bavaria.
But in the German town of Bornheim, male asylum seekers have simply been banned.
And now, as Sputnik News reports, Copenhagen is witnessing a major influx of young Muslim girls flocking to swimming pools following the introduction of segregated hours for boys and girls.
The Capital City Swimming Club HSK has touted the controversial move as a "recipe for integration," citing a huge number of immigrant boys and girls who have taken up swimming in the refugee-heavy district of Tingbjerg. However, the decision stirred strong reactions among fellow Danes, with a number of politicians and commentators rebuking it for being contrary to Danish values.
The girl-only swimming hours take place with windows and doors to the swimming hall blacked out in accordance with the religious and cultural requirements put forward by parents, reports Berlingske.
According to the newspaper, 246 girls of non-Danish ethnic origin between the ages of five and 12 have taken up swimming since the introduction of separate girl-only sessions.
However, Copenhagen's deputy mayor Carl Christian Ebbesen of the Danish People's Party castigated segregated swimming sessions for Muslim girls as "a setback for integration" and "destructive" to Danish culture.
"It is utter craziness to meet these demands. Swimming pools are in desperately short supply, so we shouldn't be closing them down by putting curtains in front of the windows and signs saying ‘just for girls' just to meet the demands of religious fanatics," Ebbesen told Berlingske.
According to the politician, Muslim girls are welcome to take part in sports clubs on the same basis as everybody else. "Every time we meet these demands, we are destroying the society we've worked so hard for," he continued.
On the bright side, retailers are taking advantage of the new 'sport' that muslim girls appear to be embracing...
@marksandspencer makes a splash with new #burkini #swimwear range https://t.co/QlSFOnZ2MD pic.twitter.com/dTTt04ThIO
— Lingerie Insight (@LingerieInsight) March 21, 2016
Perhaps, in the interest of integration, authorities could tattoo numbers on the refugees' arms and only allow certain numbered citizens access to showers and water facilities?