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Cost of refugees skyrocketing in Denmark
TheCopenhagenPost
November 25th, 2015
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Over 25,000 asylum seekers expected next year
The numbers and the costs continue to rise (photo: Timothaus)
The expenses incurred in handling asylum-seekers in Denmark have doubled to well over 9 billion kroner.
And Dansk Folkeparti (DF) and Socialdemokraterne (S) are both now accusing the current Venstre-led government of breaking its campaign promises to slow down the numbers and slash the costs the country pays for asylum-seekers.
In 2014, the last full year of Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s government, the cost stood at 4.7 billion kroner as 14,815 people sought asylum.
And according to a parliamentary answer from the immigration minister, Inger Støjberg, the anticipated 25,000 asylum-seekers headed to Denmark next year will cost the country nearly 10 billion kroner.
Broken promises
In 2014, Venstre made a campaign promise for an immediate slowdown in the number of asylum-seekers, which would save billions of kroner. Both DF and S are now saying that Venstre has broken its promises.
“One must recall that Venstre clearly promised voters fewer asylum-seekers and that they would save billions in costs,” DF head Peter Skaarup told Metroxpress. “Neither thing has happened.”
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“The costs are billions more and the government announced that they expect a record 25,000 asylum seekers next year,” parliamentary minister Benny Engelbrecht (S) said. “Venstre is not keeping its promises.”
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