© Reuters / Scanpix DenmarkCopenhagen's central train station.
The most contentious part of the initiative, which has dominated headlines this week, is a curfew on unsupervised under-18 children on the streets of so-called problem areas after 8pm. Martin Henriksen, the DPP immigration spokesman, says there is already legislation that allows local authorities to impose such restrictions, and that it won't be applied to students or those with jobs, nor at all times. He said the DPP plan would ensure children study rather than rove in teen gangs.
Visible policing will also be intensified in the "ghettos," which boast some of the highest crime rates in the country. Among other suggestions is a moratorium on the construction of mosques with minarets, as they project a "divisive symbolism," Henrikson, an MP, told Arab News. Instead, Muslims will be encouraged to pray in unmarked spaces, such as "warehouses and offices."
In 2017, Denmark received just 3,500 asylum applications - the lowest number since 2008 - but the Danish People's Party believe conditions for would-be asylum seekers need to be made stricter to whittle this down further. It further proposes that those with temporary asylum must not be given citizenship, but sent back to their homeland as soon as it is safe.
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