Denmark's Harsh Immigration Laws: Necessity or Mistake?

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This video explains Denmark's history of immigration and its impact on the Danish economy over time. It explores the periods of migration to Denmark, and how the current immigration laws in Denmark came to be and their impact.
Most of the immigration laws in Denmark came to be as a result of economic needs and social and political pressures. They're also been influenced by world events like World War II, the Oil Crisis of the 1970s and the Syrian Refugee Crisis. We take a deep dive into these events and more that have impacted Denmark's harsh immigration laws.
Specifically, this video will examine the economic repercussions of restrictions on non-EU immigration and the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees in Denmark.
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@RobeTrotting 2 месяца назад

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@sungod86 2 месяца назад

Its a balancing act, but Sweden sure is the scary example for Danmark how not to do it. Now Sweden (almost 11 million ppl) have 65,000 criminal gangbangers, 99% of which have first or second immigrant background in Middle East or Africa, who has become a threat to the state. But our rightwing government is doing all they can to stop these domestic terrorists.

@paulinegauthier1867 2 месяца назад

Why are they 'rightwing' for stopping criminals and the destruction of the Swedish culture? Doesn't that just make them patriots?

@paulinegauthier1867 2 месяца назад

Why are they 'rightwing' for stopping criminals and protecting Swedish culture? Doesn't that just make them common sense people who love their country?

@sungod86 2 месяца назад

@@paulinegauthier1867 Of course it is common sense. I just wrote "right wing" because its mainly rightwing parties in the current government coalition - Moderates, Christian Democrats, SwedenDemocrats and Liberal Party (more liberal of course) - that is doing something that truly can change this problem. The 8 years before the election of 2022 we had a leftwing government - Socialdemocrats and Green Party in support with the Center Party and Liberal Party (they´ve changed) - who did nothing major on the issue and just sat on their butts and screamed "racist" if anyone wanted harsher measures against immigration.

@peterocoole6953 5 дней назад

@@sungod86I love left wing anti immigrants better tho right wingers are meh

@Gert-DK 2 месяца назад

I think history is scaring many people. We have had so many failures in integration of immigrants. There were examples of 3rd generation kids, that couldn't speak a decent Danish. Mothers that never got out on the labor marked, living of public funds. Danes don't mind immigrants, if they contribute to society and learning the language. Have been living here for twenty years without learning the language, is simply disrespect towards Danes and Denmark. The language here is Danish and learning it is free, and it is an EU protected language.

@Sofus. 2 месяца назад

It is a problem if immigrants favor dictatorships, terrorist groups and religious extremists in their homeland. While in Denmark they choose the softest political parties. It has a bit of a Trojan horse feel if you ask me.

@sontaron7 2 месяца назад

Except not true. Language curve in Denmark follows that of those in the States. First people there may or may not learn it for personal reasons that have nothing to do with disrespect, their kids are usually fluent in both languages, and the kids of the kids usually only speak the language where they live but not of their grandparents.

@Gert-DK 2 месяца назад

@@Sofus. Those Trojan horses are what all countries fear. Shortly after Israel went into Gaza, the Danish Police arrested 5 or 6 people for planning terror. They were connected to Hamas (according to the Police). That is scary. BTW: I think 1 or 2 were arrested in Germany too.

@Gert-DK 2 месяца назад

@@sontaron7 "Language curve in Denmark follows that of those in the States": I hate to tell you, this Denmark curves or not curves, it doesn't matter. They have to learn the language, you can't become a citizen without speaking Danish. So many examples of 3rd generation immigrants with a very poor Danish. Standup comedians made fun of them, even DR did it in a julekalender show. To me, it is showing no or little interest in integrating. That is disrespect in my book.

@patricksrensen7952 2 месяца назад

@@sontaron7Them not giving it an honest attempt is a sign of disrespect, yea..

@klausolekristiansen2960 2 месяца назад

The situation in the 60'shas been described like this: we asked for labor, but what came was people.

@holgerandersengrn3457 2 месяца назад

Nej, der blev bedt om GÆSTER.

@sarapanzarella97 2 месяца назад

I think erring on the side of caution is better than throwing it all into the wind and expecting tax paying citizens undue burdens. We have been lucky to be able to take our kids on a decent vacation every year - we try and choose a different country. Part of the reason we visited Denmark last year was because we felt it was a safe country. And we did feel safe there, of course in Copenhagen we still stayed aware of our surroundings but no one made me feel concerned for my kids safety at any time. I can't say the same for France. In Denmark, we took the train to visit Kronberg castle and my husband wanted to ride the ferry to Helsingbord. When we got there it was a very different vibe. Not that I felt unsafe but when there are males just hanging out smoking and staring at you while you walk by it gives a very different feeling than when we were in Denmark. The college student here that was just very violently killed was not in a big city at all and on campus property - we need to vet those coming into other countries.

@Lavabug 2 месяца назад

4:09 bruh you used AI to generate a bunch of kids with the same face lmao

@futtejanas5690 2 месяца назад

Your shure its not a kid from Tjernobyl? .. lol😂

@RobeTrotting 2 месяца назад

Not sure what our editor used but that's a good catch

@TheStunningParallel Месяц назад

AI (I despise it for the most part) is good at generating horror inducing images of human faces. Maybe it is its way to say how it regards us... LOL.

@sifrasmussen2315 2 месяца назад

This was great. Please do more video's with this kind of summarisation. It is great, not only for people outside Denmark, but also for Danes, that might not realize the history behind, what is going on a political level. Great video. Rigtig god video.

@clausstreh6801 2 месяца назад

Many importen facts were ledt out. Firstly, pre-1960’es, Denmark had seen immigration primarily from Sweden, Netherlands and Poland and secondarily from other European countries. The immigration of workers in the 60’es was highly debated back then. In particular the Trade unions were opposed as they were concerned about a pressure to lower wages. It is correct that the 1973 law aimed at stopping immigration. However, no guest workers were expelled and they could bring their families. The kids could mary in the Home land and bring spouse and spouses family. This way immigration in fact continued. You for some reason did not mention the 1983 immigration law, which was the most liberal at the time in Europe. In practice, it opened for almost free immigration. The subsequent tightenings were from that basis. Today, we have ended up with a crazy law complex. But that is another story.

@drumstick74 2 месяца назад

Denmark is a small country, so of course we can't just open the border to everyone (look what is happening in Italy, the UK and USA)... That being said, I don't mind immigration, and I live in an area of Copenhagen with 50+ different nationalities. Apart from the few bad apples ( I don't think I need to expand on *who* ), things work fine, and most of us just want to get along and live a normal life. I think most Danes share the ideology that if you contribute to society and make an effort to show respect for the country you live in: No problem.☺

@sontaron7 2 месяца назад

um what happened in the USA? So Economic growth. Most of the problems today in the States are political and have been caused by the boarder being more restricted today than it was in the past.

@BenjaminVestergaard 2 месяца назад

@@sontaron7well, I believe that the reference is to the number of illegal/undocumented immigrants. Thanks to our CPR system, tax and labour laws, we don't have much illegals. In the US you can basically work, have a bank account and pay your taxes, as an illegal immigrant, without any red flags popping up in the system.

@sontaron7 2 месяца назад

@@BenjaminVestergaard who said I wasn't considering undocumented people in my comment?

@BenjaminVestergaard 2 месяца назад

@@sontaron7 sorry, I just answered your question.

@sontaron7 2 месяца назад

@@drumstick74 I live in Denmark.

@90skid97 2 месяца назад

Strict laws? As it's going now it should have been so much stricter, with the option to chose who we want and don't want. Clearly a certain group of immigrants don't wanna be danish, just the money. Has no place in a modern society

@larissatom6910 2 месяца назад

Agreed. If you want to live in a free and non-oppressive country you must contribute like nationals do. Plus learn at least some of the language.

@sontaron7 2 месяца назад

@@larissatom6910 right if you want to live in a free and non-oppressive place you should be forced to do certain things...

@larissatom6910 2 месяца назад

@@sontaron7 not forced, you have a choice. However if you want benefits you have to earn them.

@vincentpedi2397 2 месяца назад

My wife is an ER nurse and we are strongly considering moving to Denmark within the next few years, we live in NY. Is there a particular Danish agency you'd recommend we reach out to, to learn more about the revised immigration process?

@JeDindk 2 месяца назад

I suggest that you contact the Danish embassy in the US. Denmark has a shortage of nurses, so your wife's education might help a lot. Good luck.

@sungod86 2 месяца назад

Why do you choose Denmark in particular? Some family bonds? As a Swede, the wages for nurses are way better in Norway than in Denmark. So maybe Norway as an option? And Denmark has better wages than Sweden. And Sweden has better wages than Finland.

@vincentpedi2397 2 месяца назад

@@sungod86 After visiting twice we are very comfortable there, money isn't everything. We already have done well enough financially that it is not a huge concern. Norway is a little too north for us, although we enjoyed Aarhus in Denmark, that is also too north for us, leading us back to what feels like a perfect fit in Copenhagen Denmark. Thanks for asking!

@patricksrensen7952 2 месяца назад

I think the thumbnail you used for this video is quite distasteful.. You make it seem like we put our immigrants behind fencing keeping them from leaving the places where they live. All immigrants and asylum seekers are free to venture outside of the centres where they live at will, if they even live in such places. Even the people who are supposed to be deported, but can’t because of several reasons is allowed to leave the “udrejsecentre”.. they just have to spend the night there, to keep track of them.

@lyrancrystalfem2305 2 месяца назад

Thanks for such an informative video ❤💡👍

@The_best_days_are_yesterdays 2 месяца назад

Great video! Thanks for this very important information.

@RobeTrotting 2 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@brittabrandtoft110 2 месяца назад

Damn you speed talk today 🚀😅

@ezskill 2 месяца назад

Absolutely awsome video and journalist work. My only feedback is that the sound should probably have been converted to mono. If you listen on headphones it sounds weird in stereo, kinda giving a phasing kinda sound.

@ay.maripoxa 2 месяца назад

I think that offering courses on Danish language and culture is really great. It's not strict, it's absolutely a necessity. I'm a child of migrants Mexican and Salvadoran, and growing up I realized that my parents had it ten times harder because they were working all the time and integrated on their own but after 30 something years. The part that gets hardest is when you do integrate and the system works against you (discrimination, sexism etc.) that needs work and hopefully it'll get better. I just think that the xenophobia involved is something to be ashamed about in any country and I also think that the policies ahould be balanced/regulated because things can get out of hand when people feel they don't belong, lack of community especially young boys during adolescence and feeling of sharing each others cultures in a respectable way. It goes both ways. Respecting Danish culture, respecting other cultures together.

@dariamalling2681 Месяц назад

Great video! Love your channel! ❤

@RobeTrotting Месяц назад

Thank you 😊

@thortorin9954 Месяц назад

so, when I was 21 I got putted into a shared apartment where 3 immigrants lived, 1 from Palestine that have lived in Denmark for 1½ year and spoke decent Danish, and then there were 2 from Eritrea, they had both lived in Denmark over 10 years, but could barely speak any Danish, both haven't had a job either, these are the types most Danes don't like, over the 1½ years I lived in that apartment, even with weekly interactions, their Danish never got better, and I think it is due to that there were others nearby that spoke their language, so learning Danish weren't something they felt they "needed". This is the core problem with some immigrants coming here, they group up, and then they don't become part of the society, don't get me wrong, I don't have any hate or dislike about them, but many of such instances is hurtful to the society. And that is big cause of why we need to have more strict immigration laws.

@RobeTrotting Месяц назад

Well, integration is more than language skills and it’s a two-way street. I know a lot of Danes who take advantage of the system and quit their jobs on a whim or don’t take jobs they’re offered after university. I wouldn’t say that’s the norm and you can’t lump every immigrant together because most come on work visas since you can’t support your public or private sector labor needs with the native population alone. I don’t think refugees and asylum seekers are indicative of the typical immigrant in Denmark, which make up 1 in every 8 wage earners, and that number is projected to increase.

@thortorin9954 Месяц назад

@@RobeTrotting by no means do I think all immigrants are like this, but sadly there are this minority, that makes it harder for those that come here with work visas, and those refugees that do integrate into society. We Danes aren't perfect either, we don't open up enough to new people, not just immigrants, but just new people to us in general. The comment above was just an example I have personally experienced, and I wish we could integrate this minority better. as for Danes that quit their job on a whim or don't take jobs they are offered, it really depends on the individual person, I would also say this is a minority of people, and not the majority that does this. I know that some companies do try to take advances of newly graduated people, and offer them salaries way below the market price, so if that is the case, it is understandable.

@hoti47 26 дней назад

@@RobeTrotting The language is base stone in the castle of integration.

@esteb6544 2 месяца назад

It’s nice to see these topics in this channel too!

@ThePsychophant 2 месяца назад

I'm so glad we have a strict immigration laws! Otherwise we would have the same mess as Sweden is facing. I don't know if the same is true today but a few years back failed immigration from non western (primally Middel Eastern countries) costed the danish society the same as the entire Great Belt Bridge each year.

@MrTheWaterbear 2 месяца назад

I hate family unification costs in Denmark. I have a highly educated and experienced Korean spouse, and to get family unification I have to put away 110.000DKK (minus discounts for all the Danish cams she’s passed while living here - because she’s awesome) for 10 years, and it also cost me quite a lot to apply. That is a lot of money for a young couple. Now we can’t put that money towards an apartment or having kids. It makes it much harder to start a good life together.

@Kirstinevad 2 месяца назад

Good luck with it all to you and your wife. 🌞

@MrTheWaterbear 2 месяца назад

@@Kirstinevad Thanks mate~

@jagtcurlyDK 2 месяца назад

My brother had to give up and leave for Norway 😢 He was working in Norway for a 2 year period because of the tax benefits. While there he met an immigrant who he ended up marrying. After his 2 year working period in Norway they moved to Denmark, and he set the money aside as you mention. It is a lot of money for young people, and there are restrictions towards how the living conditions should be as a minimum as well - that is very limiting for young people, and they were only in their late twenties. They did everything they needed to do in order for her to get her citizenship. She also took a graphic designs education… then the law was passed on having to have a job for 5 years, and the banks didn’t wan’t to have the unification cost accounts anymore, as they don’t earn money on these accounts, and there are quite specifoc rules for this type of account. He asked several places, but in the end they had to give up and move back to Norway. Now they are in the late 30’s, still married, no kids, still going through a lot and I’m just left speechless and with hate towards how strict this system is. It made a lot of good years a hell for them, and the unstable conditions from the cake incidents has made their tracks in their lives. Danes want strict rules, but don’t realise what it’s doing to our own people as well as others. Maybe if Danish citizens were willing to actually get close to those struggling with the strict rules of immigration something could change. But I fear that as long as the Danish people doesn’t want to make more close friendships with new people we will forever live in these decisions made by people who son’t know how the rules actually apply. Everything is passed on a theory.

@jagtcurlyDK 2 месяца назад

Oh, and forgot to mention how my brother had to do some after education, but couldn’t do this, as he then didn’t comply with the minimum income that is needed. He got it after they moved to Norway. Such strict rules, I really don’t have anything good to say. I’ve also met and talked with immigrants from other places, and they really want to do it all and do what is needed to be here, but they are met with such strict rules that it’s pretty much impossible! They all have different stories. Some aren’t in Denmark today, others are still fighting, nontheless it taking them years and resourses not many have, and it’s doing soo much bad to family structures and partnerships. I do understand the reasoning behind why we have these laws, I just think they are way over the top!!

@MrTheWaterbear 2 месяца назад

@@jagtcurlyDK Wow, I haven’t met anyone who had this much trouble. It’s not that impossible for most, but that really sucks :( I hope they’re happy in Norway, Sweden is even easier to move to as a young couple, though. Did they never consider Sweden?

@Solskin60Tina 2 месяца назад

Living in a small town in Denmark, you notice change. I remember the vietnamese refugees, some started in my class. I believe they came to Denmark, in the period from 1975-1985 about 4,000 of them came to Denmark. I remember they became popular very quickly, because they had Yum Yum 😊 Between 1991 and 1996, there came a lot of people from Somalia that were granted asylum as refugees. I remember as a 10 year girl, because this was the first time I saw people with very dark skin. Then there was the war in the former Yugoslavia in the period of 1992-1996 where we had one boy in my class telling about his life back home which really put things in perspective for me. And then again from 1999 to 2001 there were around 6,200 people who immigrated from Iraq, Afghanistan and Turkey. I am so glad I live in a country that help people in need ❤

@martinpoulsen6564 7 часов назад

What gets left completely out of this story, especially for skilled workers and health professionals, is the increasing pay gap. While it is nowhere near that of the US, we also have no intentions whatsoever to let it go in that direction. Well... at least some of us. This is the main reason why "average Joe Dane" is fighting immigration so hard, because it is trying to circumvent the entire Danish model, by flooding the work market with cheap, mostly unskilled, labor, to drive wages down, while at the same time inflation is skyrocketing, leaving half the danish population in the ditch financially. And that is unacceptable, especially since we do not have a federal regulated minimum wage, which then tends to become the norm, rather than the minimum, as seen in other countries. It is a real problem, that people can barely afford their own home, cheap as it may be out in the boonies. I'm not entirely sure what our government is planning on, whether Denmark is going to be somewhere only high earning people can afford to live, while all of the manual labor is being brought in from abroad in slave like conditions like... well somewhere with a lot of sand, flashy cars, desalination plants for water, a lot of huge glass towers and serving as a refuge for more or less shady billionaires... If that's the case, they might as well come right out with it, coz then I'll be gone in that same instant.

@yunleung2631 2 месяца назад

Where did you get your shirt from ? Is that Wolf vs Goat?

@SonOfMorning 2 месяца назад

Definetly not a mistake.

@StefanSJensen 2 месяца назад

look at Sweden, germany and the USA and see how well things are going with a lax immigration policy, I am not envious, and the strict immigration policy will continue to be one of the most important points when I get to the ballot box, because my children must have a strong and a safe Denmark when they grow up and have children, and we will probably manage with the workforce that comes and is here, the politicians have said that nonsense for decades, when the Danish economy has still boomed, just like they said we didn't could manage without the euro, it has shown us that we have managed better than the euro, in short, don't believe everything the media and politicians tell you

@jannissen4382 2 месяца назад

it is a Necessit

@SpellSteal 2 месяца назад

Necessity

@vrenak 2 месяца назад

It's never easy to find the right balance between allowing people to come and being able to integrate them into society at large, and some cultures just integrate better with some than others, that's just how it is, just like individuals differ in how easily they integrate into another society. But at the end of the day most people, in any country really, will welcome anyone than wants to be a part of the society, that means learning language, customs, working, paying your taxes, partaking in events, and soon enough politics. If you move to different country and expect to live 100% like you did before, you should just return, because you would be miserable, and make people around you miserable, not by desire, but because the world doesn't work like that. Feel free to showcase your traditions and customs, and explain them, but don't expect, much less demand, the locals to adopt them. Hopefully Folketinget will change some laws to more reflect reality rather than virtue signaling to extremists on either side.

@karstenjohansen6881 2 месяца назад

NECESSITY!!!!

@HusbandoMarcos 2 месяца назад

The Danish Language requirement for the Danish partner who wants family reunification with their spouse, is fulfilled when they pass Danish in elementary school. Thus it is usually not an issue for Danish nationals to fulfill the requirement. You make it sound like people who have been born and raised in Denmark have to go through such a complicated language test, that even Danes can't pass it. In reality, most Danes would not have to take the test, as they fulfilled the requirements through the basic education they have. Also, most Danes would easily pass the Danish 3 test, it is just a language test of their mother tongue language after all. However, if someone already failed Danish in elementary school, I guess there is a pretty high chance they suffer from some kind of learning disability and/or bad exam anxiety, and if that is the case, I can see how the Danish 3 test can be a challenge. However, I believe the planned easing of the language requirements for family reunification, is mostly for the benefit of Danish citizens that grew up in another country, and thus don't have the formal education from Denmark to show they know the language.

@RobeTrotting 2 месяца назад

“You make it sound like people who have been born and raised in Denmark have to go through such a complicated language test…” YES! Because they DID have to take a language exam to bring their partners here on family reunification visas from 2018 until the law was relaxed (and 19% of ethnic Danes were failing the test). ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/politik/danskpolitik/rapport-afsloerer-flere-danskere-faar-afslag-ikke-gode-nok-til-dansk/9407152

@sontaron7 2 месяца назад

@@RobeTrotting careful I have found that a lot of especially right leaning Danes don't like facts getting in the way of a "good story".

@weybye91 Месяц назад

@@sontaron7Guess what, I'm on the right wing, and I rather have those boys and girls with a grade 12 in Denmark than all of those that doesn't work or even speak Danish

@SuiGenerisAbbie 2 месяца назад

Have you redone your apartment? The backdrop looks like it.

@akgolfpro 2 месяца назад

Good video. Want to point out it's not immigration policies causing a labor shortage it's a low birth rate for Danes. Increase in family size incentives (including foreign adoption) and targeted education for in-demand industries enables a growth in the citizen workforce. Like many western countries, Denmark needs to face this challenge or their culture and language is at risk (among other things).

@RobeTrotting 2 месяца назад

It can be two things.

@akgolfpro 2 месяца назад

@@RobeTrotting Granted, but don't you think birth rate is the primary population replacement tool and immigration because a secondary necessity as the result of the primary not fulfilling the quota post-urbanization? I guess my point is that those opposed to immigration often are also opposed to programs that would provide young parent-aged people the kind of support that would make it less of a cost (housing, healthcare, family leave, education etc.) to have kids.

@TheChiefEng 2 месяца назад

This will probably not go down well with many people and especially the younger generation who never experienced a Denmark with a fully open welfare system. The question is not necessarily about immigration but how the immigration is handled and the culture of the immigrants. Once upon a time (more than 50 years ago), to be forced to accept social welfare support as an unemployed was a matter of significant embarrassment simply because the general feeling of Danes was that you should never be a burden to the system or use the access to help from the system unless absolutely necessary. That culture was eroded when immigrants of certain cultures started to get access to Denmark and slowly, the various governments had to tighten up the access to the welfare and eventually also the necessity of pretty extreme immigration laws. The bottom line is that the amount of immigrants, who had a culture that is simply incomparable to the Danish culture, basically managed to erode the social welfare systems that were established after WWII. The whole question about Danish citizenship has over the years become a hot topic again caused by the culture of arranged marriages by a certain segment of immigrants in Denmark. Immigration is definitely necessary but there has to be a certain understanding that the immigration should not happen at all cost but should be very selective. Multi national immigration only works when all immigrants understand that they need to give up certain parts of their original culture and fully adopt the culture of the country they have moved to. If they cannot accept that simple principle, they should never be awarded citizenship. This is where you can get extremely unpopular today because some people, who never experienced how it was to live in a truly free country with a pretty open and accessible welfare system, will simply not understand the concern of the deterioration of the welfare system that has taken place over the past 50 years. Immigration yes, but only on specific conditions. If the culture of the immigrants is simply incomparable to the Danish culture and if the immigrants believe it is fine not to fully embrace the Danish way of life and culture, Denmark should not take in these people. Religion means nothing in Denmark so many immigrants should be instructed very clearly that making any kind of demands based on religious belief is a non-starter. Religion is a private matter in Denmark and should never change.

@Jetmab04 2 месяца назад

"The Danish way of life and culture" - could you please define, thanks? Likewise I would love to hear a definition of the Danish meaning of "welfare" thanks.. Regards a Danish citizen having had stolen everything I owned by the state of Denmark as well as having been told I'm not a so-called "real" Dane - whatever that is??? Oh and, the Danish death-row and the European convention on Human Rights...for exactly whom in Denmark? Clearly not everyone I have understood....define please!!!???Etc etc etc etc....?!?

@williamjones4716 2 месяца назад

When you look at Danish culture in the 1930s-1940s I'm not convinced it was superior, there was a Danish Nazi Party, European Jews fleeing Germany were being turned away at the border or turned over to the Polizei, and the official policy during the German occupation was one of political collaboration. It took the extreme measures of October 1943 to finally make Danes act civilized, and that continued after the war with Danes taking in refugees and orphaned European children. "Pride goeth before the fall."

@sonnyboy8837 2 месяца назад

@@williamjones4716what does this have to do with the current problem?

@sonnyboy8837 2 месяца назад

@@Jetmab04If you have to ask what a real Dane is, then you are probably not one.

@williamjones4716 2 месяца назад

@@sonnyboy8837 clearly, the Danish good old days were not good old days, at the turn of 1900 the Danish state even cleared its prisons by sending petty criminals to the USA with one-way immigrant tickets. Current problems are not without lineage.

@oli2300 2 месяца назад

Most of your viewers are Danes. It begs the question. Why are Americans lecturing us about Denmark? 🤔🤠

@Serena-Vanderwoodsen 2 месяца назад

I’m glad Denmark has strict laws, but are they open to healthcare workers (with degrees obvs)? Lol.

@Alhem11 2 месяца назад

Isn't the whole western world in short of healthcare workers, due to the aging of the Boomer generation and Generation X..?

@TheStunningParallel Месяц назад

No offense, but I feel you repeat the same thing quite a few times, talking about "on one hand immigration workers needed and on the other immigration restriction". For one thing, it's extremely logical: work immigration =/= general immigration. I'd say most countries will always need help from abroad. Just like a person will sometimes need help from outside. But this doesn't mean any country should just accept anyone and everyone, who honestly don't have any intention of helping, just sucking out the system for money, along with demanding the country they moved to to "reform" according to their needs and even beliefs. To be straight, there is only one culture that does this and it's infecting more and more secular, generous and peaceful countries and acting like a plug. At least in Sweden, we are practically being plagued by the far leftist politicians, that call everyone a "rasist" (and misogynist, etc) for just raising certain concerns. And they become a huge obstacle to move forward in a sane way that benefits anyone or anything else but their own twisted politics. Being woke should be as illegal as being a nazi, if you ask me. They destroy so much. All this (maybe too much...) said, it has actually become quite obvious that striving for multicultural societies is a failure, regardless of measures taken or how you go about it. Basically, some mixes of cultures aren't compatible - especially if one of them doesn't want to integrate, but make their culture that of their host country's.

@mikejespersen2028 2 месяца назад

Thanks. That helps clarify where Danes are coming from (I mean their point of view).

@RobeTrotting 2 месяца назад

Just sharing the facts, the point of view is up to whoever is watching :)

@alexo8180 2 месяца назад

Necessary! FREE EUROPE

@mortenovergaard7397 4 дня назад

There are no hard immigration laws in Denmark. The net migration per year is 30.000 people - around 0.7% of the ethnic Danish population. If this keeps up we will eventually become a minority in our own country, as it has already happened in many parts of Copenhagen.

@mogensmunchmadsen9051 2 месяца назад

we welcome guest workers and immigrants, but we can´t handle an overflow, those who are present here have to be absorbed or assimilated not like in Sweden where gang wars and other problems have occurred.

@megabite3178 6 дней назад

How did denmark score no.1 in law and order. These laws are ridiculous

@sandrastewart2450 Месяц назад

Nesesity they are doing the right thing well done Denmark

@RobeTrotting Месяц назад

Solid analysis Sandra 😂

@israelizzyyarrashamiaak766 2 месяца назад

They should try culture similar migration for a change

@RobeTrotting 2 месяца назад

Do you mean assimilation? Anyway, it's a two-way street, especially when your economy depends on foreign labor.

@israelizzyyarrashamiaak766 2 месяца назад

@@RobeTrotting no I mean culturally similar peoples. Example - Irish and Scottish- they should get on well as they have similar core values and ideas of societies, religions, cultural norms. I’m not saying they are the same but they are much closer than some other cultures. I’m not sure what that would look like exactly because I’m not familiar with every culture. I know my own and I know what won’t and can’t work for mine and because of that we saw a civil war and millions have not returned yet. We didn’t welcome the people moving in- the west is. Inviting societal instability is misguided at best.

@House_Of_Cards_ 7 дней назад

The migrants that come from non eu migration are mostly a burden for the taxpayer while migrants from the eu nations are not. So the issue has to do from where those migrants come from.

@ZenMilitia 2 месяца назад

Necessity. /thread

@Alhem11 2 месяца назад

Denmark's history of immigration? 🤔Dude, you skippede 3 decades of immigration to Denmark 😂What about the Vietnamese boat refugees, refugees from Chile after Pinochet's military coup in 1973, all the refugees from the wars in the Middle East in the 1980s and 1990s, the Somali civil war, the Tamil refugees, the Gulf War, the civil war in ex-Yugoslavia and on top of that, what about all of them which comes as economic or welfare refugees. 🙄 Necessity or mistake? Both, it was a necessity to keep the economy running in the 1970s , it was a mistake to grant "De facto" refugees residency after the new liberal immigration law that came in 1983. 😉

@LuCkCooNe 2 месяца назад

Clearly the video is not meant to be a representation of ALL Danish immigration history, did you even watch it? It's about several key events that had a major influence on Danish immigration laws throughout the years.

@Alhem11 2 месяца назад

@@LuCkCooNe Obviously not, that's why I also don't write about immigration that goes further back in time than is mentioned in the video, otherwise I would have mentioned the 'Potato Germans' and the 'Polish turnip girls'. 😏And key events?From whose point of view? An American immigrant? The biggest event that has happened in Danish immigration legislation was when the refugee law was revised in 1983, it was called 'one of the most liberal immigration laws in Europe', when refugees got a legal claim to family reunification in Denmark. But It happened in one of the decades that was not mentioned. 😉

@LuCkCooNe 2 месяца назад

@Alhem11 The biggest event? According to whom? Following an increase in asylum seekers, there were amendments to the 1983-law in the subsequent years to introduce more restrictions. For instance, in 1984, a significant rise in asylum applications was observed, leading to a tightening of the law. This exact dilemma throughout the years is exactly what's mentioned in the video. If you're gonna be smart about it, you should get your facts in order instead of editing your own comments after someone critiques them.

@Alhem11 2 месяца назад

@@LuCkCooNe You have edited both of your babbling comments 😂I haven't written anything that isn't fact, you can just fact check all you want.

@LuCkCooNe 2 месяца назад

@@Alhem11 Lol...I did nothing but put facts under your smartass nose, after which you decided not to respond to the actual point because you know you're full of shit.

@_-martin-_ 2 месяца назад

Denmark introduced common sense immigration laws to prevent the many immigration issues they are now facing in e.g. Sweden, Germany, etc. Too many immigrants with different cultural and religious background become a strain on the social economics of any country. However, by the end of the day, we must remember that it is the US that is the true villain starting conflicts and endless wars in the middle east and now also in Ukraine leading to large influx of immigrants to Europe. In geopolitical terms, the US is doing this to maintain their hegemony and steal resources from these countries and to keep Europe weak so Europe does not pivot to their neighbors, Russia and China, for future security and trade agreements. Do not be fooled. The US is no friend of Europe.

@Simon.v.G. 2 месяца назад

💯It is so obvious but no one wants to see.

@_-martin-_ 2 месяца назад

@@Simon.v.G.I think more and more people, including Danes, are waking up to the truth. For example, the media can't keep hiding that Ukraine has already lost the proxy war that the US started in 2014 by instigating the Maidan coup that replaced the Ukrainian government with a pro west US selected government as revealed in a phone call between US under secretary of state, Victoria Nuland and the US ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt. In the call she even says it out loud, "F... the EU".... Yeah, I think the EU and the rest of the world is waking up the to the evils of US hegemony.

@_-martin-_ 2 месяца назад

@Simon.v.G. I do think that more and more people, including Danes, are waking up to the fact that US hegemony has been a truly destructive force in our world since WW2.

@ay.maripoxa 2 месяца назад

As an American child of migrants myself, I agree. I don't like the government either. They caused the war in my mom's country, then she migrated to the U.S. because of it. But, the only thing Denmark can do, is do it better with immigration policies versus the backwards policies that the U.S has. It doesn't work, never has. I think Denmark will do it better.

@_-martin-_ 2 месяца назад

@@ay.maripoxaAnother very important thing Denmark should do is simply to stop being a vassal state of US hegemony and stop sending more weapons to Ukraine which will only prolong the suffering of the Ukrainian people.

@trueinsider513 26 дней назад

They should not even get to Denmark i the first place. Once lots of inmigrants that cant really be integrated in massive ways enter its a whole new problem. While bringing lots of security and cultural clashes.

@RobeTrotting 26 дней назад

Well I'm an immigrant and I'm here ✌️ hope you're feeling secure.

@trueinsider513 26 дней назад

@@RobeTrotting the answer of being an immigrant and massive and uncontrolled immigration with cultures completely different doesnt have anything to do one with the other.. Data is there for anyone to corroborate

@mortenovergaard7397 4 дня назад

@@RobeTrotting I doubt anyone feels bad about educated American immigrants. Waves of low-skilled Somali and Iraqi immigrants however.. That's an entirely different issue.

@henningrasmussen3969 2 месяца назад

PRIMITIVE VALUES AND RELIGIONS DOES NOT BELONG IN DK

@williamjones4716 2 месяца назад

The incidence of sexually transmitted diseases in Denmark might partially address your concerns over primitive values. The promiscuity of Danish women is legendary.

@torlund6871 2 месяца назад

So bias 🤔

@RobeTrotting 2 месяца назад

🤔

@miriamjenkins7337 2 месяца назад

I am ashamed at our immigration policies. Closing up the country isn't the answer, from skilled to non-skilled. Refusing permanency and leaving people in limbo for years (and sometimes decades) is inhuman. When immigration fails, it's a failure of integration -the answer isn't further stringency.

@Simon.v.G. 2 месяца назад

I used to think like you but the last few years have proved me wrong. My country (Switzerland) is no longer a safe country for residents. We experience much more violence in the streets, there's a huge lack of affordable housing, we are facing severe problems in schools where most kids don't speak our language anymore and we are paying Billions every year for integration for people who don't want to be integrated. I have been working for Social Services for the last seven years so I know what I'm talking about. It was frustrating so I had to quit my job. Is that what you have in mind for your beautiful country?

@miriamjenkins7337 2 месяца назад

@@Simon.v.G. As a teacher, I see integration attempts every day and we're really not doing it well enough. We simply aren't allocated the resources. We are one of the wealthiest countries in the world and we're choosing to skimp and save and send people home instead of doing right for the people we take in. I'm not saying 'open the flood gates', I'm saying we can afford to do better, to do it right, and to do it more than we currently do.

@Simon.v.G. 2 месяца назад

@@miriamjenkins7337 I think it's a good thing wanting to help all the poor people in the world. But as societies we are doing more than enough already. We are paying for their food, rent, language courses, which they often do not attend, integration courses, education etc etc. On the other hand we see an enormous increase of crimes and riots in the past few years. It just doesn't work, it's a losing bargain. So in my opinion your government is absolutely right not to let everyone in. It will pay off in the end.

@HansM-bg8lm 2 месяца назад

Please stop talking about Denmark.

@JeDindk 2 месяца назад

Why?

@HansM-bg8lm 2 месяца назад

Because we heard enough now, and it’s cringe. Just a way for them to earn money. Because Danish people are obsessed with otter countries oppinion of them. Enough now. Please stop. All americans who come to Europe Think they are so special. We dont Care what they think.I wish they would stop. When robe trotting made a podcast studio setup…. That was the line crossed.

@HansM-bg8lm 2 месяца назад

Robe trotting just deleted my comment. So much for free speech. I though you loved Denmark and our free speech culture.

@HansM-bg8lm 2 месяца назад

I will try and answer your question again, let’s see if robe trotting will allow it. Apparently they only like praise. Answer: Because we heard enough now, and it’s cringe. Just a way for them to earn money. Because Danish People are obsessed with other countries oppinion of them. Enough now. Please stop. All Americans who come to Europe think they are so special. We dont care, what you think. I with they would stop. When robe trotting made a podcast studio setup…. That was the Line crossed.

@HansM-bg8lm 2 месяца назад

Robe trittins why are you deleting my comment? For a secondat time now? Truth hurts.