Young women are at greatest risk of being forced to return to Syria under Denmark's controversial policy towards Syrian refugees. The Danish government continues its selective policy towards refugees, largely depending on their origin.
InfoMigrants By DW Published on : 2021/04/13
Zero asylum seekers that is essentially the Danish government s ultimate goal. Now, it is ordering Syrian refugees to return to Damascus, which Copenhagen says is safe.
Aya Abo Daher had just graduated high school in the Danish town of Nyborg and was looking forward to celebrating the event with her friends at the end of June when she received an email from the Danish authorities that changed everything. The mail the Syrian student and her parents received stated that their residency permits would not be renewed. I was so sad, I felt so foreign, like everything in Denmark had been taken away from me, the 20-year old said. I sat down and just cried. At midnight, a friend drove me home to my family because I couldn t sleep.
InfoMigrants By Emma Wallis Published on : 2021/04/22
About 1,000 people gathered outside the Danish parliament in Copenhagen on Wednesday to protest against the government’s plans to repatriate some Syrians who come from the area around the capital Damascus.
A protest took place outside the Parliament building in the Danish capital Copenhagen on Wednesday, April 21. Around 1,000 people turned up to protest government plans to repatriate some Syrians who come from the area around the Syrian capital Damascus.
People protesting against the potential deportation of Syrian refugees in Copenhagen on April 21, 2021 | Photo: Davut Colak/dpa/picture-alliance
At the protest, a 24-year-old Danish student told news agency