Like many other European countries Denmark has recently experienced massive migration and the simultaneous rise of at least one right-wing party. But only Denmark has experienced a shrinking of the same right-wing spectrum on this scale. The Danish Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne/S) we're scoring within a narrow range during this time.
2011: 24,8 % 2015: 26,3 % 2019: 25,9 % 2022: 27,6 %The anti-immigration Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti/DF) on the other hand experienced a steep rise over the same period. What is particularly special is its gradual decline after 2015.
2011: 12,3 % 2015: 21,1 % 2019: 8,7 % 2022: 2,6 %The peak of asylum applications and admitted refugees was reached in 2015. At the same time 2015 marks the reversal from more accepted asylum applications then rejected to more rejected than accepted asylum applications. And 2016 marked the peak of rejected applications. [1]
In Denmark however the policies that led to this change are being commenced by the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne/S).
Even though Denmark did not join the Dublin III Agreement in 2013 most EU member states can be compared with Denmark. Crucial with this is that an asylum application must be submitted in the first EU member state that is entered. And assuming that the main routes run through the Mediterranean and the Balkans asylum applications would have to be made mainly in Spain, France, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia and Greece. Excepted from this are unaccompanied asylum seekers with relatives in a specific member state. And as long as asylum is the search for protection rather than a certain standard of living this should only apply to a small proportion. [2]
As a result of the Danish government's policy change the classification of MENAPT countries (Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan and Turkey) was introduced. This group includes the countries of Syria, Kuwait, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Somalia, Iraq, Qatar, Sudan, Bahrain, Djibouti, Jordan, Algeria, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Iran, Yemen, Mauritania, Oman , Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey or people from these countries. And in the 2018 crime statistics convicted criminals from MENAPT countries are overrepresented at 4.6 % of their total population. While convicted criminals from the remaining 166 non-Western countries are represented at 1.8 % of their total population. [3] [4]
As a consequence Danish politicians have decided to pursue local measures to prevent the emergence of parallel societies and social hotspots. This includes among other things a limit of 30 % for non-European immigrants in a district. If necessary the Danish government can relocate people and even demolish houses. In addition crimes in socially hotspots are punished twice as harshly as it is usual in the rest of the country. [5] [6]
Denmark offers two distinct types of accommodation for asylum seekers. Asylum seekers whose application has not yet been decided are accommodated in designated accommodation. And if rejected asylum seekers fail to leave the country they are accommodated in a designsted departure center. It is permitted to leave them but attendance is checked daily. In addition the departure centers are located outside and are sometimes converted prisons. [5] [6] [7]
Src:[1] Asylanträge ausländischer Flüchtlinge in Dänemark
https://www.laenderdaten.info/Europa/Daenemark/fluechtlinge.php
[2] Regulation (EU) No 604/2013
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32013R0604
[3] Denmark: New statistics category for migrants from Muslim countries 2020-12-11
https://migrant-integration.ec.europa.eu/news/denmark-new-statistics-category-migrants-muslim-countries_en
[4] Økonomisk Analyse: Indvandreres netto-bidrag til de offentlige finanser i 2018
https://fm.dk/media/25228/indvandreres-nettobidrag-til-de-offentlige-finanser-i-2018.pdf
[5] Europas strengste Asylpolitik - Wie Dänemark seine Flüchtlingszahlen gesenkt hat 2023-09-23
https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Wie-Daenemark-seine-Fluechtlingszahlen-gesenkt-hat-article24417434.html
[6] "Dänisches Modell": Warum Deutschland den dänischen Migrationskurs nicht kopieren kann 2023-10-23
https://web.de/magazine/politik/daenisches-modell-deutschland-daenischen-migrationskurs-kopieren-38725680
[7] ASYLSUCHENDE IN DÄNEMARK - Wenn das Lager zum Gefängnis wird 2019-08-08
https://m.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/asylsuchende-in-daenemark-leben-im-ehemaligen-gefaengnis-k-rshovedgard-16299995.html
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