Denmark’s debate on family reunion immigration tends to be based on a misapprehension that most cases of foreign spouse immigration are from Muslim countries, according to the Ministry of Integration. Danes marry people from all over the world.
In 2009, 498 people from Thailand were given permission for spouses to join them. A further 365 came from Turkey, 277 from the Philippines, 176 from China and 174 from the United States.



























