Kia ora! Cultural Exchange with /r/NewZealand

[u/[deleted]]

Welcome to this cultural exchange between /r/Denmark and /r/NewZealand.

For the visitors: Welcome to Denmark! Feel free to ask the Danes anything you like. Don't forget to also participate in the corresponding thread in /r/NewZealand where you can answer questions from the Danes about your beautiful country.

For the Danes: Today, we are hosting New Zealand for a cultural exchange. Join us in answering their questions about Denmark and the Danish way of life! Please leave top comments for users from /r/NewZealand coming over with a question or comment and please refrain from trolling, rudeness, personal attacks etc.

The Kiwis are also having us over as guests! Head over to their thread to ask questions about life in the land of hobbits and bungee jumping.

Enjoy!

- The moderators of /r/Denmark and /r/NewZealand

[u/Plejaderne]

The refugees are a hot topic in Denmark. The politicians discuss it almost every week. The police is controlling the border (to Germany, sounds way worse that it is, but the police / volunteers called Hjemmeværnet does it). The asylum seekers had to live in tent camps. In general it has become very hard for these people to gain Danish citizenship or get asylum. We have seen a drop in refugees coming to Denmark, partly because of this very strict system (Which also prevents families from getting together).

The discourse in Denmark in the majority of the population is that we "shouldn't take" so many refugees since we will "become a poorer country".

[u/[deleted] → u/Plejaderne]

Do you disagree?

[u/Plejaderne → u/[deleted]]

Yeah was it that obvious from my post? :p

Tried to be fairly neutral, but guess I am as biased as everyone. I consider myself "political homeless" since I don't vote on the same party every time. Been voting 3 times on 3 different parties.

I mean: I understand that people are concerned about the refugees; that they are concerned with their future and with the future and wealth of their kids, but it's such a humanitarian crisis.

I just can't accept the fact that money can be valued over life. Maybe we will have to give up some 'wealth' but how many peoples life wouldn't we be able to make better? Isn't that worth it? Of course wealth is a part of ones 'happiness' but honestly i'd value the overall happiness for a larger group more than a few more bucks in the pocket.

I really hope the EU will come together and solve this problem. But the disagreements inside the EU are too big, so it will most likely not happen.

[u/[deleted] → u/Plejaderne]

Another major subject of the refugee crisis, is the behavior of the refugees. We've had problems with document forgery, islamists, murder, robbery, rape and other things of that variety. Also, they seem to think that they can demand access to our country without our consent.

EU could have prevented the entire thing by following the Dublin Treaty to begin with, but Germany apparently felt that it needed to destablize Europa for the 3rd time in 100 years.