Sanity in Denmark

Denmark sets a target of ZERO asylum seeker applications to protect 'social cohesion'

• Danish PM Mette Frederiksen said country will drive down asylum applications 
• The country is already seeing the lowest number of asylum requests since 1998  
• Denmark's record low applications this year is partly explained by pandemic  
• Denmark's prime minister today set a target to drive down the country's asylum seeker applications to zero to protect 'social cohesion'. 

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  The country is already seeing the lowest number of asylum seekers since 1998, with 1,547 people applying in 2020. By comparison, applications in the UK were 32,423 last year. 

  'We cannot promise zero asylum seekers, but we can set up that vision,' Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in parliament.

  'We need to be careful that not too many people come to our country, otherwise our social cohesion cannot exist.' 

  
  

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