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Denmark May Soften Far Right-Driven Shift on Migrant Policy

Denmark May Soften Far Right-Driven Shift on Migrant Policy
Around 300 migrants walk north on a highway escorted by police in southern Denmark, Sept. 9, 2015 (Rune Aarestrup Pedersen/Polfoto via AP).

Editor's note: This article is part of an ongoing WPR series on the European refugee crisis and European Union member states' approaches to addressing it.

Earlier this month, Denmark announced that it would not take part in a proposed European Union refugee-quota scheme. In an email interview, Hans Lucht, a senior researcher at the Danish Institute of International Studies, discusses Denmark’s refugee and asylum policies.

WPR: How has Denmark’s migrant and asylum policy changed since the center-right Venstre party came to power in June, and what influence has the success of the far-right Danish People’s party had on government policy toward the recent spike in migration?

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