Migration policy “is about security, which means we need a Europe that is safer, more stable, and stronger, and that is not the case if we do not control the flows to Europe,” said Danish Minister for European Affairs Mette Frederiksen, presenting her country's priorities for the EU presidency, which it takes over from Poland on July 1.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen hopes to reach a consensus in the EU on moving asylum procedures outside Europe and limiting the scope of European Court of Human Rights rulings.

“We need new solutions to reduce the influx into Europe and effectively return those who do not have the right to stay in our countries,” she said at a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who applauded the Danish “model,” AFP reported.

Denmark, where the number of residents of foreign origin has jumped from 3.3% in 1985 to 16.3% in 2025, argues that it must limit the number of immigrants to protect its generous cradle-to-grave social welfare system.

At the same time, the need for foreign workers has grown, with the number of work permits doubling in less than a decade, although they can be quickly revoked. | BGNES