Denmark immigration: Strict rules for small community of immigrants

Short and sweet. Denmark has successfully slowed down their number of Islamic invaders by being tough on who they allow in; how much welfare they can claim; and who and when a Dane may marry a foreigner. Good on them for using their noggin to work out what the main goal of these 'asylum' seekers is - economic freedom on the hosts dime. Dear UN - you are the main cause of this so-called world-wide 'refugee' problem. Because of your 'humanitarian' intentions, these 'refugees' pick only wealthy, welfare-rich countries to hone in on and suck dry. Australia is in a similar predicament - all of her own making of course (or actually, the making of the current Labor government). This current Australian government, which is sitting with nearly 7000 illegal boat people arrivals in detention since ditching Howard's successful policy, has come up with the comedic plan to swap 800 of these illegal boat people, for 4000 'genuine' refugees sitting in Indonesia! Hey, never fear when an Ozzie Laborite is near. They know exactly how to stop illegal 'refugees' from coming to Australia. Just clobber the Aussie tax payer with a bill of nearly $800 million, on this new, improved refugee scam buster. Whilst doing that, just ignore the growing number of elderly Aussies - who have paid their taxes all their lives - and who are living in poverty or living on the bread line. Rather give the unwanted billions in hard-earned taxes to our new economic refugees so that the couple of lefty knee-jerker wankers in Australia can feel good about doing something for these poor refugees. Never mind that these refugees pass numerous safe Muslim countries to board boats and risk lives to get to the Island of Humanitarian Ozzie welfare. They are the poor peoples of the earth, and the Aussies are rich, so we must take care of them for the rest of their lives. A recent report showed that over 90% of Afghan refugees were still on welfare, 5 years after their arrival in Australia - wow, who would've thunk? Now, if Australia were clever, they'd use the same blue-print that is working in Denmark to sort out their growing problem. But, if the Australian government were really clever, they'd just use their common sense - but, they won't because then they'd have to admit defeat and face yet another policy failure and cost blow-out. Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when we set out to deceive......

Figures from US-based Migration Information Source put the number of immigrants and their descendent from "non-western" countries now living in Denmark at 320,000, or 5.9 per cent of the Danish population.

In comparison the UK has around eight per cent and Holland at 14.2 per cent.
But in the 1980s, with its prosperous economy and solid welfare state, Denmark became an increasingly popular destination of choice for asylum seekers and family dependents.

This, set against a declining birth rate for ethnic Danes, has led to immigrants and their descendents forming a growing chunk of the population. Whereas they are now approaching six per cent, back in 1980 they constituted just one per cent.

This growth has sparked increasing and passionate debate in Denmark over immigration and the effects it has on a country that for long has remained homogenous and distinctly mono-cultural.

Divisions over the issue have reached such a level that political experts fear they threaten a culture of political and social cohesion that has dominated Denmark since the end of the Second World War.

The right-wing Danish People's Party has helped keep immigration in the political spotlight since its founding in 1995, and it, along with widespread concern in Denmark over immigration, has led to the country introducing a series of laws aimed at keeping it under control.
Non-EU immigrants that are allowed into the country are now required to learn Danish and become familiar with Denmark's history and culture, while access to benefits remains tightly controlled.

At the same time the country has cracked down on people using marriage as a means of gaining access to Denmark.

Laws now stipulate that for marriages involving a Dane and a non-EU or non-Nordic citizen both parties have to be aged over 24 and the Dane must be independent of government aid.
All this has led to the number of asylum seekers in Denmark falling by two-thirds in the last five years.

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