I work with refugees in Denmark - copying our asylum system will backfire on Britain
By Michala Clante Bendixen
For a refugee, the main goal is to find safety and an opportunity to build a new life to make up for the one she has lost.
She never wants to be uprooted again, and her children's future is crucial.
This is why many refugees have crossed out Denmark on their list or even left after being granted asylum. Despite free education, health care and day care combined with good job options, many refugees have chosen countries with none of this in return for a better chance to achieve permanent stay and citizenship.
If the UK wants to reduce new arrivals, it might be efficient on a short distance to make permits temporary and push access to British citizenship into a remote future. But it comes at a very high cost in the long term.
In Denmark, integration has been very successful, despite most politicians constantly........





















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