Why Labour is going Danish on immigration

为什么工党在移民问题上的做法开始效仿丹麦

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2025-11-17

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Danish journalist Nilas Heinskou and Syrian refugee Agob Yacoub discuss Denmark’s harsh immigration and asylum policies – reportedly the inspiration for changes to be announced by the UK government this week. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • Today, why the UK's Labour government wants to copy Denmark's harsh approach to immigration.

  • Now, we Brits have long admired a lot that the Danes have to offer.

  • We all love Lego, obviously.

  • Many of us enjoy their bacon.

  • We binge their crime dramas,

  • Henry their knitwear and are charmed by their special word for all things cozy and warm,

  • even if we struggle to pronounce it.

  • But now the British government is looking to something else Danish for inspiration.

  • It's immigration regime.

  • Sources at the Home Office have confirmed that the Home Secretary,

  • Shabana Mahmoud, is actively looking at Denmark to model some of her policies.

  • Denmark has seen as one of the toughest countries in Europe for dealing with asylum claims.

  • Over the last six years,

  • Denmark's social democratic government has implemented a series of radical policies to explicitly make immigrants feel unwelcome.

  • And they would say it's worked.

  • Asylum claims are at a 40-year low.

  • Net migration is now just 30,000 a year.

  • Pretty low for a country of 6 million people.

  • But it's left many of Denmark's minority communities feeling scared and insecure.