Denmark announces new immigration policy of ‘zero asylum seekers,’ vows crackdown on ‘political Islam’
BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational & research purposes:
Denmark has finally come to its senses after a memorable period of chaos caused by mass Muslim migration.
Back in October, Denmark was already showing signs that it has had enough. The country was pushing for jail time for Sharia-preaching imams. Then just days ago, Jihad Watch reported that Denmark’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Integration, Mattias Tesfaye, stated (based on bitter national experience) that “a large part of Islam today is represented by extremists.”
Now the country has adopted a new stance to correct its previous open-door immigration policy. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen “criticized her predecessors for not making sufficiently strict demands on immigrants, such as maintenance requirements and the duty to adapt to Danish values. Now the number of immigrants must go down, otherwise, Denmark may ‘lose its social cohesion’, Frederiksen said, arguing that it is already ‘under threat.'”
Immigration, as a rule, should always involve assimilation. Western leaders who do not recognize this obvious truth have demonstrated their commitment to identity politics as a priority over important issues such as national security, the economy and the well-being of all their citizens.
“Denmark Sets Aim at ‘Zero Asylum Seekers’, Promises Crackdown on Political Islam,” by Igor Kuznetsov, Sputnik, January 25, 2021:
At over 800,000, immigrants and their descendants account for some 14 percent of the Danish population of 5.8 million, with Turks, Syrians and Iraqis ranking among the most numerous immigrant communities.
The Danish Social Democrat government has now set new goal posts for its immigration policy. Ideally, Denmark’s new “zero vision” implies a full stop to asylum immigration.
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said her ambition is for Denmark not to offer asylum to any refugees at all.
“That is our goal. We cannot make a promise of zero asylum seekers, but we can have it as a vision. We want a new asylum system, and we will do what we can to implement it,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said, as quoted by Ekstra Bladet.
The prime minister also criticised her predecessors for not making sufficiently strict demands on immigrants, such as maintenance requirements and the duty to adapt to Danish values.Now the number of immigrants must go down, otherwise Denmark may “lose its social cohesion”, Frederiksen said, arguing that it is already “under threat”.
In 2019, upon winning the general election, Frederiksen’s government said it would resume accepting refugees under the UN’s quota system after a three-year hiatus under the previous administration. However, the Social Democrats have generally pursued a tight immigration policy.
Last year, only 1,547 asylum seekers were registered in Denmark, the lowest number since 1998. For the sake of comparison, this is less than one-tenth of the 21,316 asylum seekers registered in Denmark at the height of the migrant crisis of 2015. A combination of the Covid-19 pandemic and Denmark’s rigorous rules and policies are considered to be factors in the low figure for 2020, the Immigration Ministry said earlier this week.
To crown Denmark’s new vision, Integration Minister Mattias Tesfaye singled out immigration from Muslim countries in particular as a major problem, announcing new measures to stop political Islam. Among other things, the government will settle with the country’s Muslim independent schools….
At over 800,000, immigrants and their descendants account for some 14 percent of the Danish population of 5.8 million. The most represented countries of origin within the Danish immigrant population are Turkey, Poland, Syria, Germany, Romania and Iraq….