The government, with the support of both pro-government and opposition parties, has expressed its willingness to receive Ukrainian refugees, and left-wing and conservative parties intend to prepare “special arrangements” so that Ukrainians can quickly enter society.
“If Ukrainian refugees come to Denmark, we must receive and welcome them, even though several thousand are coming… we believe the doors should be left open,” Foreign and Integration Minister Mattias Tesfaye told TV2 on Friday. The announcement came ahead of a meeting he held with all parliamentary parties on Friday afternoon about the refugee situation in Aoki, the Eastern European country under attack from Russia.
There is no limit to the number of refugees
It is worth noting that on the first day of the war, Thursday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announced that approximately 100,000 Ukrainians had fled their homes due to the Russian invasion. Refugees from Ukraine began crossing the borders into neighboring countries such as Romania, Moldova, and Poland. In Poland, authorities are preparing for the arrival of millions of refugees.
According to TV2, Matthias Tsvae said, “It is important that Denmark helps internally displaced people and supports neighboring countries in dealing with potential large refugee flows, but it seems that we must also accept ourselves (in receiving them).”.
According to the source, the Danish government has no idea how many Ukrainians can come to Denmark. However, Matthias Tsvae stated that there are currently 1,000 beds available and capacity needs to be increased to 20,000; however, this number could rise further if necessary. It appears the government is not working with a cap on the number of Ukrainians who can come to Denmark.
According to Matthias Zweig.
Parliamentary parties wish to make special arrangements
If Ukrainians come to Denmark, the laws currently in place are that they can travel freely in the country for 90 days without a visa, so refugees from the large Eastern European country do not have to apply for asylum in principle. However, if they choose to do so, the Conservative People's Party believes that a special arrangement should be made so that Ukrainian refugees should be able to obtain temporary residence without having to go through the normal asylum system and sit in a reception center and wait for a decision.
Conservative People's Party foreign affairs spokesman Markus Knuth told TV2, "We believe we have a very special responsibility when it comes to a European country at war, where people are fleeing Putin's offensive to Europe. We must welcome Ukrainian refugees with open arms. They must be able to integrate into society, find work, and have their children in school as quickly as possible." He added that the Conservative People's Party is not working to set a cap on the number of Ukrainian refugees.
The same message comes from the Liberal Party's foreign affairs spokesman, Mads Vogeld, who also wants to "speed up" the processing of Ukrainian refugees' files, saying, "They shouldn't be sitting in an asylum center. They should go to work as soon as possible if they want to.".
Minister for Immigration and Integration Mattias Tesfaye welcomed the proposals of the bourgeois parties and said, “Access to the Danish labor market should be as short as possible.“ He noted that the government has not yet settled on a specific model. He also welcomed the fact that both the pro-government parties and the Blue Bloc (opposition) parties are willing to help Ukrainian refugees, commenting, “Regardless of whether you belong to one wing or another, I hope we can stand together and show that Denmark is helping Ukraine and that there is no ”chatter in Christiansborg,’” meaning in the Danish Parliament.
