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Danish TV2 revealed that the promise made by Minister for Immigration and Integration Kaare Dybvad Bek, who announced in July 2024 a \u201cmajor breakthrough\u201d in the problem of checking the criminal records of applicants for Danish citizenship, has not yet been fulfilled after a full year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an interview with the newspaper Politiken in the summer of 2024, Minister Kor Depvad Becq announced that his ministry had found a technical solution that would allow for the detection of crimes committed by applicants more than ten years prior, after which the criminal record is automatically deleted from the Central Criminal Register (Det Centrale Kriminalregister). This restriction had for years created a legal loophole that, according to the source, could have enabled some individuals with prior convictions to obtain citizenship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The solution announced by the minister at the time was to grant ministry employees access to the \u201cprivate file\u201d (S\u00e6rakt) at the National Police (Rigspolitiet), where criminal records are kept for up to 30 years. However, according to official answers given by the minister to parliament last May, this solution has not yet been implemented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A fierce attack from the opposition: \u201cThis is unacceptable\u201d and \u201cThe government is dragging its feet in protecting Danish citizenship.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This delay has led to a wave of sharp criticism from several opposition parties. In a series of statements to TV2, Mikkel Bj\u00f8rn, the Danish People's Party's (Dansk Folkeparti) spokesperson on citizenship issues, said: "It's a hopeless situation. The minister announced a breakthrough more than a year ago, and no real progress has been made."\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bjorn continued that this failure could in fact allow people who have committed serious crimes such as violence and assault to obtain citizenship if their conviction dates back more than ten years, making them invisible in the current criminal system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mette Abildgaard, spokesperson for the Conservative Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti), confirmed that the situation was \u201cvery serious\u201d and that \u201cit is unacceptable for the government to continue granting citizenship without conducting real background checks on applicants.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Steffen Larsen, spokesman for the Liberal Alliance, said: \u201cIt is astonishing that the problem still exists. Time is passing and we risk granting citizenship to people who may have a criminal record.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dramatic withdrawal from citizenship agreement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This crisis also triggered widespread political divisions, leading to the Conservative Party's withdrawal from the citizenship-by-investment pact in the summer of 2024. The party refused to vote in favor of granting citizenship to approximately 2,000 people due to a "lack of adequate oversight," as Mette Abellgaard confirmed, adding: "We were excluded from the pact simply because we raised logical questions about the effectiveness of the oversight."\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite the minister's assertion that participation in the citizenship agreement requires full commitment to all resulting decisions and legislation, Abellgord stressed that the government has not actually implemented what was agreed upon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The minister said: \u201cWe are looking for a legally viable solution.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to these criticisms, Minister Kor Depvad Bek said in a written statement to TV2: \u201cThe issue of insufficient information in the criminal record has been a concern for many previous ministers. We are working hard to find a legally viable solution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister Kor Depvad Bek describes the situation as "complicated" and affirms that work is continuing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n He pointed out that the root of the problem goes back to a citizenship agreement signed in 2018 under the right-wing VLAK government, which included a condition not to grant citizenship to those convicted of certain crimes, but at that time no mechanism was put in place to allow for the examination of those convictions after they were removed from the criminal record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kor Depvad Bek confirmed that his ministry is still working with other authorities on a \u201cmodel that allows access to applicants\u201d digital private files,\u201d explaining that the process is complex and requires careful legal and data processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A problem exists, but facts are missing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Mikkel Bj\u00f6rn, the biggest challenge today is that the system in question doesn't need to be developed; it already exists. He expressed surprise that an entire government apparatus could fail to address legal and regulatory issues for a whole year, adding: \u201cWe don't even know the extent of the problem. We can't know how many people have been granted citizenship despite having serious convictions, simply because those convictions were removed from the main register after ten years,\u201d according to the source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite the minister's assurance that a solution is still being developed, the length of time and the repeated promises without implementation have angered the opposition and raised public concerns that Danish citizenship may be granted to people who do not meet the legal requirements due to a loophole in the oversight system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To date, there is no set date for implementing the proposed solution, while the process of granting citizenship continues twice a year as usual, further complicating the legal and political situation regarding granting citizenship to those convicted of certain types of crimes.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u0643\u0634\u0641\u062a \u0642\u0646\u0627\u0629 TV2 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