EU insists on open borders
Danish authorities have reopened motorway and rail links with Germany that were closed on Wednesday in a bid to stop refugees heading north towards Sweden. The European Commission, which was in contact with Danish authorities…
MoreInegration Ministry appeals for ‘balanced coverage’
The Integration Ministry has appealed to foreign media outlets to provide a more balanced image of how Denmark treats migrants and refugees. Addressing foreign journalists at the Ministry yesterday, head of department Uffe…
MoreWhy the harsh stance against refugees?
Why is a prosperous country such as Denmark taking such a hard-line stance against refugees, and particularly Syrians fleeing from war and devastation? That’s the question posed by the International Business Times after…
MoreRefugee crisis: Foreign Ministry issues the ‘real’ facts and figures
In response to the worldwide negative coverage of the refugee situation in this country, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement, Thursday, ‘Facts on numbers and persons seeking asylum in Denmark.’…
More100% rise in illegal workers
It isn’t just refugees that are arriving in Denmark in large numbers. New police data reveals that the number of foreigners charged with working illegally here has doubled since 2010. A total of…
MoreMotorway and rail links to Germany shut down
Danish police closed off rail links with Germany and temporarily shut down a motorway yesterday as a result of hundreds of refugees attempting to get to Sweden on foot. The E45 motorway, a vital…
MoreDenmark is living up to its responsibility says PM
Denmark has taken more refugees this week than it would have done under European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’s distribution programme for 160,000 refugees, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said last night in an interview with…
MoreReportage of refugees’ hazardous Denmark journey
Berlingske has monitored six illegal refugees’ journey from Hamburg to Malmø, through Denmark, in pictures. To see CLICK HERE: See also ‘Sweden is much better than Denmark’- an interview with a Syrian refugee,…
MoreLøkke struggles with refugee problem
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen finds himself ‘between a rock and a hard place’ in the refugee debate, according to Jyllands-Posten’s political analyst Christine Cordsen – on the one side European leaders, led…
MoreDPP leader rejects Juncker plan
Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl has dismissed European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’s proposal for a mandatory program to distribute refugees among EU countries and urged the EU to concentrate on stopping the mass…
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