The Danish government, in cooperation with the Danish Democrats and the Danish People's Party (both right-wing blue parties), will implement a new law aimed at obliging recipients of Kontanthjælp cash assistance to engage in jobs such as cleaning or similar work. The law aims to provide employment for approximately 22,000 people by 2025, which is three months from now.
Conditions for exemption from the new law
The law will not apply to people who have lived in Denmark for 9 of the last 10 years and worked full-time for 2.5 years during that time.
ويستهدف القانون بشكل خاص النساء المهاجرات من خلفيات عرقية غير دنماركية، ويفرض عليهن الانخراط في أعمال مثل تنظيف المقاصف، أو المساعدة ري النباتات في المكاتب، تحت مسمى “وظائف مفيدة”.
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According to the DR website, Noureddine Hussein, the jobs and welfare advisor for the municipality of Aalborg, expressed concern about the feasibility of this step in providing real or useful jobs in the long term. He pointed out that this approach may not be effective in providing permanent employment opportunities, and expressed his fear that they will find it difficult to meet the requirements of the new law by finding enough job opportunities for everyone.
The project was discussed today in the Danish parliament, and because there is a sufficient majority to pass it, the new law is expected to be implemented gradually starting from the beginning of next year, 2025, amid concerns from some quarters that the law may not achieve the desired goals. However, the government believes that it provides individuals, especially women from the targeted groups, with an opportunity to work and contribute to society instead of relying solely on financial support.
وكانت رئيسة الوزراء الدنماركية ميته فريدريكسن قد علقت في وقت سابق عند طرح مشروع القانون بأنه يتوجب على النساء “من خلفيات غير غربية الاستيقاظ في الصباح وحزم علبة الغداء والتوجه إلى العمل. إن ذلك جيد لأنفسهم ولأطفالهم وللمجتمع”.
Figures from Statistics Denmark and the Ministry of Labor show that four out of ten non-Western women are not employed, and that the majority of them have been dependent on the cash assistance system for many years.
ووفقاً لوزارة العمل، فإن أكثر من 40% من النساء اللائي تلقين إعانات نقدية بشكل مستمر لمدة عشر سنوات لديهن خلفية غير غربية، ولطالما تطرقت رئيسة الوزراء إلى هذه المشكلة والتي لم تتمكن أي حكومة حتى الآن من حلها، “وهذا هو السبب في أننا نتخذ الآن مساراً جديداً”، كما تقول ميته فريدريكسن.
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