Integration Minister Inger Støjberg (Lib) is monitoring the Sweden-Denmark border situation very closely, she said yesterday. Although the government has declined to copy Sweden, the Minister declined to rule out the possibility of…

The Social Liberals have supported the government’s reluctance to introduce border checks and at the same time distanced themselves from their former coalition partner, the Social Democrats. The centrist party’s integration spokeswoman, Sofie…

Sweden has imposed border controls to encourage asylum seekers to remain in Denmark or Germany, a four-page memo published by the Swedish Migration Agency yesterday reveals. Listing seven reasons for Sweden’s decision to…

Temporary closure of Denmark’s borders, in line with Sweden, will lead to even more asylum seekers, experts warned yesterday. They were backed by Justice Minister Søren Pind who claimed that border checks would…

The EU Commission’s €3bn pledge to Turkey to help the country take care of Syrian refugees was warmly welcomed by Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen last night. Speaking after the EU summit in…

Estonian President Toomas Ilves has urged to Denmark to ‘wake up’ to the Russian threat. During a working visit to Copenhagen, Thursday, the President said when Russian planes buzzed the Danish island of Bornholm during the annual…

Helle Thorning-Schmidt has received no official reason as to why she was overlooked for the job of High Commissioner for Refugees, but acknowledged the UN had shown a ‘certain interest’ for the immigration…

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has praised Copenhagen City Hall’s decision to boycott the Islamic Faith Society. After a majority of the City Council voted last night to immediately stop all cooperation with the…

The government will tighten immigration rules even more in a renewed effort to stem the drastic increase in asylum seekers. Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen (Lib) said yesterday further restrictions are needed after…

Lars Løkke Rasmussen is the master of knee-jerk solutions, the Social Democrats said yesterday after the prime minister presented a new set of measures aimed at slowing the influx of refugees and migrants….