Immigration and Denmark

National Agency for Enterprise and Housing Website

Immigration to Denmark regulations

Several papers:

Employment and Wage Assimilation of Male First Generation Immigrants in Denmark

Mapping Minorities and their Media: the National Context: Denmark Mustafa Hussein

Welcome to Denmark / Velkommen til Danmark from the Danish Film Institute

Over a period of three years we follow three refugees - each with their own personal strength, charisma and perspective on life - living in what they see as their country of hope: Denmark. Three dramatic stories unveil as Denmark with a new right wing government changes its refugee policy. This documentary provides a powerful contrast to the images of refugees created by the mass media.

Some news summaries from Summer 2002 scufflement:

Copenhagen Clamps Down (CNN) from CNN.com Europe on the Move

from The Economist:

Jun 6th 2002
Denmark's immigration law: We're full up too
The Danes say other Europeans may copy their immigration rules. Really?

Denmark Tightens Its Immigration Laws (Neue Zürcher Zeitung)

Denmark to get tough on immigration from The Age (Australia)

June 30 2002
By Andrew Osborn
Denmark, perceived as a small, friendly country, tomorrow will introduce the toughest immigration laws in Europe. On the same day as it takes over the European Union's presidency and begins to broker a common EU asylum policy, the new laws will turn Denmark into one of the most hostile places for asylum seekers.

Something Rotten in Denmark? by Daniel Pipes and Lars Hedegaard New York Post August 27, 2002

Europe's Changing Immigration Policy: Denmark: Rebuffing Immigrants From the August 2002 issue of World Press Review (VOL. 49, No. 8)

No Muslims for us please, we are Danes from muslimedia.com

A wave of xenophobia is sweeping Denmark, but its nice Nordic people reject any charges of racism - arguing, without any trace of irony, that as 'nationalists and Christians' they merely object to having 'Muslims and Arabs' in their midst. And since the country has a tiny immigrant population and, unlike States in southern Europe, does not fear an influx of Muslim job- or asylum-seekers, especially given its high rates of employment, the Islamophobia gripping the land must have been long-standing as well as deep-seated.

Most Danes will resent a charge of racism, arguing that the current xenophobia is temporary and stems from the perception of many Danish people that refugees and immigrants - mostly from the Middle East and Africa - are doing better under the country's generous welfare system than they are.