Denmark no longer to automatically accept U.N. refugee resettlement quota
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[QUOTE]COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark will no longer automatically accept a quota of refugees under a U.N. resettlement program after passing a law on Wednesday that enables the government to determine how many can enter each year.
Since 1989, Denmark has agreed to take 500 refugees a year selected by the United Nations under a program to ease the burden on countries that neighbor war zones.
But after the European migration crisis in 2015 brought almost 20,000 claims for asylum, Denmark has refused to take any U.N. quota refugees.
Under the new law, the immigration minister will decide how many refugees will be allowed under the U.N. program, with 500 now the maximum except in an “exceptional situation”.
“It’s hard to predict how many refugees and migrants will show up at the border to seek asylum, and we know it may be hard to integrate those who arrive here,” Immigration and Integration Minister Inger Stojberg said last month when her ministry proposed the law.
The opposition Social-Liberal Party said opting out of the U.N. program would increase pressure on countries already accommodating large numbers of refugees, and the move could encourage other countries to follow suit.[/QUOTE]
[URL]https://www.reuters.com/article/us-denmark-refugees/denmark-no-longer-to-automatically-accept-u-n-refugee-resettlement-quota-idUSKBN1EE277?il=0[/URL]
I don't really blame them; an excess of refugees can really damage an economy and population, not to mention the difficulty of integrating them all into society. 500 is pretty fair for a country with only 5.7M people.
[quote]The opposition Social-Liberal Party said opting out of the U.N. program would increase pressure on countries already accommodating large numbers of refugees, and the move could encourage other countries to follow suit.[/quote]
A valid concern, imo.
[QUOTE=TeamEnternode;52992848]I don't really blame them; an excess of refugees can really damage an economy and population, not to mention the difficulty of integrating them all into society. 500 is pretty fair for a country with only 5.7M people.[/QUOTE]
Except our economy wasn't suffering because of the refugees, and most refugees either move on to other countries or go back to their country relatively soon.
I mean, I am kinda neutral about this. What I will say though, is that Inger Støjberg's reasoning is BS. It's not a question about how difficult it is to integrate new arrivals, but that she's a blatant racist. She's often demeaning when talking about refugees, she has admitted she find joys in provoking muslims, and she has even been busted in trying to make it more difficult for refugees to find asylum in the country on purpose. Really, she wants to say "Denmark is closed off to non-white filth!" so bad.
She also said we shouldn't accept refugee children who lost their parents while travelling.
A cold hearted bitch honestly.
I'm really disgusted with the way our asylum and integration policies are going. Not all the policies are [i]necessarily[/i] bad, but they're implemented for all the wrong reasons. It seems like there really aren't any values left in danish politics.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;52992960]I'm really disgusted with the way our asylum and integration policies are going. Not all the policies are [i]necessarily[/i] bad, but they're implemented for all the wrong reasons. It seems like there really aren't any values left in danish politics.[/QUOTE]
What else to expect from a liberal government who is in an alliance with our resident anti-immigrant and ultra-liberal parties?
None of them care for values. Two of the parties care about fattening the pockets of those who need the money the least at the expense of everyone else, and the third only cares about keeping Denmark as white and Christian as possible.
[QUOTE=TeamEnternode;52992848]I don't really blame them; an excess of refugees can really damage an economy and population, not to mention the difficulty of integrating them all into society. 500 is pretty fair for a country with only 5.7M people.[/QUOTE]
If 500 is fair for a 6 million country, then 5000 is fair for a 60 million one, and about 50000 for the whole of Europe? Doesn't check out...
[QUOTE=Stopper;52994988]If 500 is fair for a 6 million country, then 5000 is fair for a 60 million one, and about 50000 for the whole of Europe? Doesn't check out...[/QUOTE]
As in 50000 would be too few or too many?
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;52995083]As in 50000 would be too few or too many?[/QUOTE]
Of course, too few. There are IIRC ~1.5 million refugees in Europe. I don't know how many will stay permanently (which is what the article is concerned with) but even if 10% do, that's still 150,000 people.
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