The joy of socialism

France 3:

«Early on Wednesday December 13 at Hargnies, close to Maubeuge in a camp of itinerant ‘travelers’ [in the British use of the term], Police discovered six men held in a van and an RV. In a state of hypothermia, they were led to the hospital of Maubeuge. The victims, all men of roughly forty years in age, left the hospital of Maubeuge in the afternoon before being questioned by Police. According to sources close to the investigation, the victims were sequestered for several months to divert their social security benefits. Eight people suspected of holding the victims against their will to take their benefits money were placed in police custody at Avesnes-sur-Helpe.»

Yet another reason to be 'compassionate' in that lefty kind of way.