A new Flash Report prepared by the European Social policy Network (ESPN) on recent migration and integration policies in Denmark has just been published.

At the end of 2015, the Danish government introduced a series of policy changes to reduce the number of asylum seekers and improve the integration of refugees. The government was harshly criticised in the international press in relation to

• new border controls,
• legislation to seize migrants’ valuables
• stricter rules for family reunification.