I'm Danish, and unfortunately this story doesn't surprise me. My brother's Australian girlfriend was unable to get a residence here (He's an engineer, she's a lawyer), one of my good friends' girlfriend from Brazil couldn't get a residence here even though they have a five year old son that's born and raised in Denmark. All of them are hardworking people that can take care of themselves. The list goes on.
The problem is that around ten years ago the current conservative minority government was formed, and to gain a majority they have relied on the right-wing Danish people party whose primary, and maybe only agenda is stopping immigration. This has lead to a political reality where the Danish People party has voted yes to whatever legislation from the government in return for further restraints and barriers for immigrants. They've used their position extremely well, and have used their platform to alienate immigrants and make them all out as devils in the minds of the people.
Ten years of this has unfortunately marked the country. The tone in the media is increasingly harsh towards immigrants, and other parties have started adopting the stance of the Danish People party since it's pretty successful - after all the Danish People party has had a decade to convince Danes that immigrants are only here to steal our jobs and use our social services.
As a result we've become a country of people that despise immigrants.
It's a very sad state of affairs, and this website is only one of many examples. I feel terrible about what my country has become.
It feels like the same is true for the UK and the USA – perhaps the whole western whole? That particular political situation doesn't sound ideal though.
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I'm Danish, and unfortunately this story doesn't surprise me. My brother's Australian girlfriend was unable to get a residence here (He's an engineer, she's a lawyer), one of my good friends' girlfriend from Brazil couldn't get a residence here even though they have a five year old son that's born and raised in Denmark. All of them are hardworking people that can take care of themselves. The list goes on.
The problem is that around ten years ago the current conservative minority government was formed, and to gain a majority they have relied on the right-wing Danish people party whose primary, and maybe only agenda is stopping immigration. This has lead to a political reality where the Danish People party has voted yes to whatever legislation from the government in return for further restraints and barriers for immigrants. They've used their position extremely well, and have used their platform to alienate immigrants and make them all out as devils in the minds of the people.
Ten years of this has unfortunately marked the country. The tone in the media is increasingly harsh towards immigrants, and other parties have started adopting the stance of the Danish People party since it's pretty successful - after all the Danish People party has had a decade to convince Danes that immigrants are only here to steal our jobs and use our social services.
As a result we've become a country of people that despise immigrants.
It's a very sad state of affairs, and this website is only one of many examples. I feel terrible about what my country has become.
It feels like the same is true for the UK and the USA – perhaps the whole western whole? That particular political situation doesn't sound ideal though.