Information - Refugees Welcome

Facts

Legislation and statistics

Numbers & statistics

How many are coming, and from where?

What are the chances of being granted asylum?

How many does Denmark receive proportionally?

How many refugees have arrived over the years?

Distribution and differences among European countries

Could refugees not stay in the neighbour countries?

How many return home again?

Residence permits

Asylum and other forms of protection

Family reunification for refugees

Permanent residence

Danish citizenship

Humanitarian Residence Permit

Exceptional circumstances and deportation hindrances

Permits based on work or studies

Revoking or denial of extension

Exclusion, expulsion and Tolerated stay

Voluntary repatriation

Fees

The asylum procedure in Denmark

The three phases of the asylum procedure

The Dublin Regulation

Case processing time

How is an asylum case determined?

Risk and Credibility

Rejection of asylum – then what?

Asylum centers and deportation centers

Housing and work outside the centres

Health care and allowances

Children in the asylum system

Minorities and harassment in the asylum centres

The journey to Denmark – routes, risk and cost

Ellebæk

Articles and definitions

The UN Refugee Convention and its definition of a refugee

The Paradigm Shift

Children's weak legal position

Most important sections of the Danish Alien Act

Terminology

Integration

Reception program in municipalities

Benefits

Danish language education

IGU: Basic Integration Education

Internship, wage subsidies, job

Education

Unemployment Insurance Fund (A-kasse) and Unemployment Benefits (Dagpenge)

Retirement

Mental health

How is the integration of refugees in Denmark going?

Focus

Articles, analyses and debate

Welcome to Kærshovedgård, Denmark

Life inside the deportation camp described by someone who lived there for 18 months

Labelled a ‘criminal foreigner’ – where do you draw the line?

More FOCUS-articles

News

Danes underestimate how well refugees fare in society

A new study reveals that ethnic Danes completely miss the mark when asked to assess integration of immigrants from third countries in Danish society

Short update on Syrian cases

More NEWS-articles

Reports

In-depth analyses

Order our 5 reports or download them as PDF

The reports describe various topics within Danish asylum policies in depth, and they are all written by Michala Clante Bendixen.

You can find them in Danish or English.

Reports