https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Denmark's parliament on Tuesday voted to expel former migration minister Inger Støjberg, who was convicted last week of violating migrants' rights by separating asylum-seeking couples. https://www.thelocal.dk/20211222/convicted-ex-immigration-minister-stojberg-vows-to-return-from-parliamentary-expulsion Wed, 22 Dec 2021 11:48:32 +0100 convicted-ex-immigration-minister-stojberg-vows-to-return-from-parliamentary-expulsion Denmark's former immigration minister Inger Støjberg on Tuesday faces a vote that is likely to expel her from parliament, after she was convicted of violating migrants' rights by separating asylum-seeking couples. https://www.thelocal.dk/20211221/convicted-danish-ex-minister-faces-expulsion-from-parliament Tue, 21 Dec 2021 11:30:59 +0100 convicted-danish-ex-minister-faces-expulsion-from-parliament A majority in the Danish parliament is expected to vote to fire former immigration minister Inger Støjberg after she was found guilty of breaching ministerial law by a special impeachment court. https://www.thelocal.dk/20211215/danish-parliament-set-to-expel-prison-bound-ex-immigration-minister Wed, 15 Dec 2021 18:02:50 +0100 danish-parliament-set-to-expel-prison-bound-ex-immigration-minister Former immigration minister Inger Støjberg was on Monday sentenced to 60 days in prison after a special impeachment court found her guilty of deliberately issuing an illegal order while in office. https://www.thelocal.dk/20211214/opinion-why-reaction-to-stojberg-verdict-is-important-for-democracy-in-denmark Tue, 14 Dec 2021 23:56:56 +0100 opinion-why-reaction-to-stojberg-verdict-is-important-for-democracy-in-denmark Former immigration minister Inger Støjberg was on Monday sentenced to 60 days in prison following the conclusion of a rare impeachment court trial over an illegal order she made in 2016 to separate asylum seeker couples. https://www.thelocal.dk/20211213/danish-ex-minister-gets-prison-sentence-in-impeachment-trial Mon, 13 Dec 2021 17:50:26 +0100 danish-ex-minister-gets-prison-sentence-in-impeachment-trial Former Danish immigration minister Inger Støjberg goes on trial on Thursday in a rarely used impeachment court, accused of illegally separating couples who arrived in the country to claim asylum. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210902/explained-why-danish-ex-minister-faces-rare-impeachment-trial Thu, 02 Sep 2021 11:34:35 +0200 explained-why-danish-ex-minister-faces-rare-impeachment-trial Jakob Ellemann-Jensen was elected the new leader of the Danish Liberal (Venstre) party at an extraordinary national congress on Friday, while Inger Støjberg becomes deputy leader. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190923/denmarks-liberals-look-forward-after-new-leadership-confirmed Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:28:46 +0200 denmarks-liberals-look-forward-after-new-leadership-confirmed A majority in the Danish parliament is to back an inquiry into an illegal directive issued by former Minister for Immigration and Integration Inger Støjberg. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190906/former-immigration-minister-stjberg-to-face-renewed-scrutiny-in-official-inquiry Fri, 06 Sep 2019 17:31:18 +0200 former-immigration-minister-stjberg-to-face-renewed-scrutiny-in-official-inquiry Inger Støjberg, the hardline former Minister for Immigration and Integration, is to run for election as deputy leader of the Liberal (Venstre) party. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190904/former-danish-immigration-minister-stjberg-to-run-for-liberal-deputy-leader-role Wed, 04 Sep 2019 16:58:39 +0200 former-danish-immigration-minister-stjberg-to-run-for-liberal-deputy-leader-role In the first three months of 2019, around 620 asylum seekers were registered in Denmark. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190514/denmarks-asylum-figures-are-at-their-lowest-since-2008-so-why-the-election-focus-on-refugees Tue, 14 May 2019 13:28:25 +0200 denmarks-asylum-figures-are-at-their-lowest-since-2008-so-why-the-election-focus-on-refugees Denmark’s minister for immigration Inger Støjberg has played down the significance of an email which appears to undermine her explanation of an illegal asylum directive issued by her ministry. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190301/controversial-email-changes-nothing-danish-immigration-minister-stjberg Fri, 01 Mar 2019 14:18:54 +0100 controversial-email-changes-nothing-danish-immigration-minister-stjberg Minister for Immigration and Integration Inger Støjberg has been summoned to an extraordinary parliamentary hearing (hastesamråd) over a directive to separate married asylum seekers under the age of 18 from their partners. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190208/denmarks-immigration-minister-faces-new-scrutiny-over-illegal-asylum-directive Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:53:17 +0100 denmarks-immigration-minister-faces-new-scrutiny-over-illegal-asylum-directive The UNHCR and the Danish Refugee Council have criticised the government for a new bill which seeks to ease the path to repatriation of UN quota refugees. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190130/denmarks-government-changes-policy-on-un-quota-refugees-with-new-bill Wed, 30 Jan 2019 11:08:30 +0100 denmarks-government-changes-policy-on-un-quota-refugees-with-new-bill Minister for Immigration and Integration Inger Støjberg awarded Danish citizenship to nine nationalised Danes on Thursday as a newly-introduced form of ceremony was held for the first time. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190118/handshakes-high-on-the-agenda-as-denmarks-immigration-minister-awards-nine-citizenships Fri, 18 Jan 2019 11:12:03 +0100 handshakes-high-on-the-agenda-as-denmarks-immigration-minister-awards-nine-citizenships Denmark’s minister for immigration and integration Inger Støjberg was in Vienna on Thursday as the two countries presented their plan for reforms to the EU’s asylum system. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181005/denmark-and-austria-present-joint-plan-on-asylum Fri, 05 Oct 2018 14:35:17 +0200 denmark-and-austria-present-joint-plan-on-asylum Denmark said Thursday it would not take in any refugees under the UN's quota system in 2018, focusing instead on integrating those recently arrived in the country. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181004/denmark-refuses-to-take-in-un-quota-refugees-in-2018 Thu, 04 Oct 2018 19:09:51 +0200 denmark-refuses-to-take-in-un-quota-refugees-in-2018 Italy's new government took its fight to block migrants to Libya on Monday as a new boat with hundreds on board remained stranded at sea, deepening a crisis shaking Europe. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180626/italys-salvini-in-libya-as-migrants-disembark-danish-cargo-ship Tue, 26 Jun 2018 10:32:25 +0200 italys-salvini-in-libya-as-migrants-disembark-danish-cargo-ship There is no sign that employees fasting during Ramadan has any adverse effect on hospitals in Denmark, according to the country’s health ministry. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180618/denmarks-ministry-of-health-contradicts-stjberg-over-ramadan-claims Mon, 18 Jun 2018 15:08:34 +0200 denmarks-ministry-of-health-contradicts-stjberg-over-ramadan-claims A national bus operator and an occupational health doctor have spoken out to debunk immigration minister Inger Støjberg’s claim that fasting during Ramadan is a potential safety risk. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180522/no-problems-with-fasting-muslim-colleagues-danish-medic-bus-company Tue, 22 May 2018 12:36:33 +0200 no-problems-with-fasting-muslim-colleagues-danish-medic-bus-company Denmark’s minister for immigration Inger Støjberg says she is not surprised that fewer Muslims have been approved for Danish citizenship since the government introduced stricter rules in 2015. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180514/unsurprising-that-stricter-danish-rules-give-fewer-muslims-citizenship-immigration-minister Mon, 14 May 2018 09:51:14 +0200 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