Fears of foreigner flood just a trickle

"Family reunion figures for January are not alarming," says Integration Minister Birthe Rønn Hornbech (right) here seen in Parliament with the Danish People's Party Immigration Spokesman Peter Skaarup.
"Family reunion figures for January are not alarming," says Integration Minister Birthe Rønn Hornbech (right) here seen in Parliament with the Danish People's Party Immigration Spokesman Peter Skaarup.
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Claims by some Danish politicians that EU rules on family reunions would cause a tidal wave of immigration have been put to shame.

According to as yet unpublished figures from the Ministry of Integration, the Immigration Service awarded 39 family reunion permits under EU rules in January 2009. On an annual basis this would, at first glance, suggest that 2009 would result in three times the number of people being afforded family reunion permits under EU rules compared to the 155 in 2008.

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