People in Denmark and Germany helping to transport refugees in displays of compassion are increasingly likely to be charged.
Last week, Denmark's High Court upheld a migrant smuggling conviction after a Danish couple drove a Syrian refugee family from the south of Denmark to Copenhagen.
The couple were fined €6,000 in March after having made the trip last September.
They appealed but the High Court upheld the conviction and then increased the fine to €6,700.
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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.