No, not from here; don’t be daft. They do things differently in Denmark.

The traditional way for refugees to make it in to Great Britain is usually along the lines of:

1. Pass through other countries with less attractive benefits.
2. Book in to the purpose-built camps near Calais
3. Hide under an Immigration Service bus and get to the UK
4. Go missing
5. Get caught (maybe) and end up in a neverending cycle of appeals
6. Ignore the final rejection and go missing again
7. Sign on with a false name and pocket the cash.
8. Repeat steps 5-7 as required.

It’s odd that we are told that EU rules prevent us kicking people out, open borders, free travel, human rights, can’t deport to countries which don’t like garden gnomes, that sort of stuff. Apparently Denmark doesn’t read those memos.

From the Copenhagen Post today: A group of 22 Iraqis have been forcibly repatriated after having their applications for asylum in Denmark rejected.

The 21 men and one woman were flown out of Odense Airport headed for Baghdad at 7:30am today. A police convoy arrived at the Ellebæk detention centre in North Zealand late last night to fetch the Iraqis.

The 22 Iraqis repatriated today follow 13 previous repatriations. Police spokesman Niels-Otto Fisker told The Copenhagen Post that police have yet to finalise the numbers of remaining Iraqis facing repatriation and will release the figures later this week.

It shows that if you have the political will to tackle a problem, then a solution is usually available.