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The latest Danish “invention” is the expulsion of immigrants to a third country during the examination of an asylum application. In June, the Danish parliament voted to pass such a law, which is the subject of much debate in the UN and the EU.
The law stipulates that foreigners seeking asylum must be directed to a refugee reception center outside the EU during their examination. Exceptional cases would only apply in emergencies (such as a serious illness).
The refugees would be held in these accommodations while their application is being considered. Denmark is currently negotiating the construction of such centers with several countries. If they accepted, Denmark would provide the funding and their coordinated work would be shared with the countries where they would temporarily reside. If they were not granted asylum, the migrants or refugees would be ordered to leave the third country immediately.
Deutsche Welle reports that the Danes are negotiating with Ethiopia, Egypt and Rwanda. So far, none of these states have formally accepted the Danish initiative plan. It is known that the Danish Minister for Integration and Immigration, Mattias Tesfaye, went to Rwanda in April, where he signed a migration and asylum agreement.
Copenhagen is tightening immigration laws
In May 2016, the Danish Parliament tightened immigration laws. During the reform, a procedure was introduced that establishes that refugees arriving in the country must return money and personal effects if their value exceeds 10,000. crowns (1340 EUR). These funds finance the lives of immigrants in Denmark.
In 2018, the living conditions of migrants already living in Denmark also hardened.
In 2021, Denmark announced that it would send some of the refugees from Syria home. The country has not issued at least 189 Syrian temporary residence permits since last summer, according to The Guardian. The Danish authorities explain their actions by saying that the security situation in some parts of Syria has “significantly improved”.
A situation similar to that of “Belarusian” refugees in Lithuania has arisen, as Denmark does not have diplomatic relations with Damascus and cannot directly return citizens of the country. Some of the migrants, the Danes, have been placed in solitary confinement, similar, according to local journalists, to a prison where residents cannot work or study or wait to receive adequate medical care.
However, paradoxically, this strict policy towards Syrian refugees does not usually affect men: the government recognizes that they can be called into the Syrian army or punished for shirking their obligations. This usually affects women or the elderly, who have to separate with their children.
The Danish Refugee Council itself did not agree with the government’s decision to recognize Damascus or any other part of Syria as safe for the return of refugees.
“The fact that there is no military action in some areas does not mean that people can return safely. Neither the UN nor other countries consider Damascus to be safe, “the council said in a statement.
He considered installing the criminals on the island, but then changed his mind.
The country’s Interior Minister, Kaare Dybvadas Bek, has previously mentioned that it is important to reduce the number of “non-Western” migrants in various regions of the country to reduce the likelihood of religious extremism. The Danish government plans to reduce the “non-Western” population in each of the districts to 30% in ten years. It is about hardening immigration policy, forced evictions.
Last year, the number of refugee applications was recorded at an all-time low of 1,547 due to restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, but at the same time the government claims that “immigration policy is working.”
It is true that the former director of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Inger Støjberg (detained from 2015 to 2019), is currently awaiting trial for the segregation of more than 20 migrant families in different migrant detention centers. The investigation found that the government’s actions were contrary to the law in force at the time and violated human rights.
It was this minister who became famous for his proposals to send foreigners threatened with deportation for their crimes to a small uninhabited island 80 kilometers south of Copenhagen.
In 2018, it became clear that the Danish authorities were seriously considering that option. Politicians tried to keep migrant criminals in a specially established center there until they could be deported from the country.
This initiative was launched following reports of irregularities by some migrants at standard migrant centers. However, in the long term, the option of sending migrants to third countries has been chosen.
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