(Local) Denmark’s Conservative party says it wants work permit rules to be changed to make it harder for people from Muslim countries to come to Denmark to work.
The party wants to make it more difficult for foreigners from “Menapt” countries — meaning the Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan, and Turkey — to enter the Danish labour market.
“There’s been a lack of recognition that those who arrive here as much-needed labour can end up becoming an integration challenge,” the party’s political spokesperson, Mette Abildgaard, told newspaper Berlingske in an interview published on Tuesday.
“We have to be honest and acknowledge that what may be in the short-term interest of businesses is not necessarily in Denmark’s long-term interest,” Abildgaard said.
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