Immigration
- Seen with blue eyes
Definition
According to the Oxford dictionary, the definition of
“immigration” is:
The process of coming to live
permanently in a country that is not your
own.
Immigration in the past
1945
7-8 % of the Danish
population was German
immigrants
1956
1000 Hungarian
immigrants
1518
First Dutch immigrants
1967
Immigrants from the
East - Turkey,
Marocco, Jugoslavia,
and Pakistan
1980s and 90s
Immigrants from
the Middle East
1983
The law for
immigrants
1970s
Immigrants from dictatorships
- Greece, Spain and Portugal
After 2001
Cutbacks of
the law
Immigration in the present
 Every year thousands of poverty fleeing, are trying to get to
Europe, to create a better future for themselves and their family.
 In 2011 about. 3,800 persons applied for asylum in Denmark,
3,400 cases were completed and about. 33% were granted
asylum
 In 2011 the largest groups of asylum seekers were from
Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Serbia and Russia.
Danish political opinions
 The red parties:
• Equality
• Shared responsibility
• Community
 The blue parties:
• Everyone is the architect of his own fortune
• Freedom
• Competitiveness
The danish society compared to an island
 A closed society
 You have to adapt to the society's traditions and daily routines
 Agersø
Political issues
 Why do one of the richest and most
developed countries in Europe have such
a tight immigration policy?
 And why do we only receive such a small
percentage of our refugees in Europe?
Debatten
Debatten
Free discussion
 Immigration in the globalized world
 How do you define a Dane?
 Do you think that the danes will be a
minority in Denmark in the future?
 How do you think the future will be like in
Denmark?