Denmark's Immigration Policy Is Based on Deterrence and Externalization

Fred Vriksen's Central Left Social Democrats came to power on an altogether different platform. The country's stated long-term goal, as outlined in a speech last year by Prime Minister Metaphred Vriksen, is to receive no asylum seekers at all by 2030. To achieve this, the government is pursuing policies based on deterrence and externalization. In some rural areas of Denmark, local governments have made pork a mandatory part of school lunches. And another policy saw the Danish government ordering underage asylum seeking couples to be physically split up on arrival.