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
The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, is expected to announce a radical overhaul of the UK’s asylum and immigration system, modelled in part on what Denmark has done over the past decade.
Since 2019 Denmark’s centre-left government has been trying something new: its normal social democratic manifesto, alongside a series of harsh policies around immigration and asylum – even bulldozing estates deemed to contain too many residents of “non-western” origin.
