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.
In 2016, the
Scandinavian country suspended its participation in the UN refugee quota
system, and has yet to resume it.
"We're still
in a situation where we're struggling to integrate the many refugees who have
come to Denmark in recent years," Immigration Minister Inger Støjberg said
in a statement.
So-called UN
"quota refugees" are offered resettlement in a third country if the
country where they first register as refugees cannot accommodate them.
A member of the
liberal Venstre party in Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen's conservative
coalition government, Støjberg has orchestrated Denmark's immigration
policy since 2015.
"While an
increasing number of refugees have entered the labour market, there are still
too many who cannot support themselves," she said.
The country
registered 3,500 asylum seekers in 2017, according to the ministry, the lowest number
since 2008.
For the first 10
months of 2018, some 2,600 applications have been received.
A new immigration
law adopted at the end of 2017 stipulates that the number of refugees received
is to be decided by the immigration ministry.
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