Last year, 1,800 people seeking asylum in Denmark were charged with a crime. That number is equal to 25 percent of the total number of asylum seekers and has more than doubled since 2007. The number seeking asylum has also increased, and at a faster rate than those that are getting in trouble with the law.
The national police department, Rigspolitiet, said that the numbers were not disproportionate.
“Developments in the amount of crime committed by asylum seekers corresponds to the total number of asylum seekers,” said the police in an email statement to Berlingske newspaper.
A spokesperson for opposition party Dansk Folkeparti (DF) said that the rise in crime reveals that some asylum seekers come here specifically to exploit the system.
“It confirms what we already assumed,” DF spokesperson Martin Henriksen told Berlingske. “The problem of criminals seeking asylum is growing.”
Konservative spokesperson Tom Behnke said that police need to clamp down on the criminals.
"The laws must be straightforward and consistent and make sure that criminals are thrown out of the country as soon as possible," Behnke told Berlingske.
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