When Ali Adnan, 27, fled his home in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad in 2015 and ar...
COPENHAGEN - When Ali Adnan, 27, fled his home in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad in 2015 and arrived in Denmark, a local Danish family took him in and helped him gain his footing in a country he knew very little about.
Ahead of a general election on June 5, both major parties - the left wing Social Democrats and the center-right Liberal Party, currently in coalition with the Conservatives and the Liberal Alliance, have pledged to continue Denmark’s tough stance on immigration. Danes, famed for their ‘hygge’ - a word roughly meaning “cosiness” - and for being among the happiest people in the world, according to multiple surveys, were long known for their progressive laws.
Kaershovedgaard, as the departure center is called, is nestled in fields, by a small river. It has iron gates and a high steel fence, and houses around 250 residents. The nearest town is more than five kilometers away with no public transport. What makes the return process so lengthy and uncertain is that often home countries refuse to accept people back, refuse to issue them a passport or question their nationality.
“I have no freedom in here, and it is breaking me down mentally. Regular prisoners know when they will be set free, so this is far worse than being in prison.”
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