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Denmark
Denmark is, in many ways, a highly regulated society, where the absence of legal papers makes it impossible to have access to welfare services without the risk of deportation. This is, at least, the widespread perception of the relationship between illegal immigration and Denmark. Only recently have several cases of abuse and irregularity been brought to the surface in the media and in political and public debate. Those cases are still considered exceptions to the rule. In practice there have been very few ways of entering the country, a pattern that is being changed by the pressure of the Danish labour market’s still growing demand for professionals at different levels.
The Danish case is probably best characterised as a balance between two powerful forces: public opinion and political climate on the one hand demanding control and regularisation, and on the other hand the market’s demand for deregulation. While the situation seems similar to the experiences of the late 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s, recent research indicates, though, that new circumstances have occurred: the development of a parallel society that makes it possible to support a living without papers.
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