Denmark: launches anti-migrant ad campaign
- 9 years ago
The Danish immigration ministry has placed adverts in leading Lebanese newspapers to discourage refugees from heading to Denmark.
#Denmark runs adverts in #Lebanon newspapers warning would-be #refugees to stay away https://t.co/ooJonSrk8p pic.twitter.com/DCGbmbLNgb— I Was A Refugee (@sonnylebythebay) September 8, 2015
They warn that benefits have been cut by up to 50% for asylum seekers. 20,000 refugees are expected in Denmark this year, compared to 14,000 in 2014.
#Lebanon | Denmark puts ad in Lebanese newspapers about “tightening regulations” pic.twitter.com/MypCgS9wlM— Zaid Benjamin (@zaidbenjamin) September 8, 2015
Lebanon, with a population of four million, is sheltering 1.1 million people.
“I found this funny at first,” said one man, “because instead of advertising that ‘we are helping refugees’ in a crisis like this, they are cutting back on help for refugees, and it’s in the form of an advertisement. It is as if they are selling something, which is really ridiculous
#Denmark runs adverts in #Lebanon newspapers warning would-be #refugees to stay away https://t.co/ooJonSrk8p pic.twitter.com/DCGbmbLNgb— I Was A Refugee (@sonnylebythebay) September 8, 2015
They warn that benefits have been cut by up to 50% for asylum seekers. 20,000 refugees are expected in Denmark this year, compared to 14,000 in 2014.
#Lebanon | Denmark puts ad in Lebanese newspapers about “tightening regulations” pic.twitter.com/MypCgS9wlM— Zaid Benjamin (@zaidbenjamin) September 8, 2015
Lebanon, with a population of four million, is sheltering 1.1 million people.
“I found this funny at first,” said one man, “because instead of advertising that ‘we are helping refugees’ in a crisis like this, they are cutting back on help for refugees, and it’s in the form of an advertisement. It is as if they are selling something, which is really ridiculous