An uncertain future for Iraqi refugees in Denmark

In Denmark around 600 Iraqi refugees are waiting for a decision about their future. Despite the fact that some of them have been living in the country for ten years and have children there, they are not allowed to work. Tøger Seidenfaden criticises the arguments put forward by Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen's conservative government. "They claim any measures that make things easier for these people will lead to an uncontrollable wave of immigration. This line of argumentation is false, and this is obvious from the fact that only last year the government was boasting about how secure it had made the borders over the past few years. Denmark's real problem is certainly not illegal immigration... They also argue that politicians can't simply ignore the decisions of the Ministry of Refugee, Immigration and Integration Affairs.... This is also false. After all, the ministry makes its decisions on the basis of rules laid down by the government."

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