Denmark

847000

Immigrant Population

14.2%

Immigrant Share of Total Population

125000

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Building Communities on the Playing Field: How Sports Are Used for Integration

Sports can support migrant integration, but program design matters: Top-down, one-size-fits-all approaches often fall short, while co-designed grassroots efforts show promise.

Formerly displaced Iraqi teenagers in a community soccer program.

Denmark’s Turn to Temporary Protection Has Made It a Pioneer in Restrictive Immigration Policies

Denmark has pioneered some of Europe's most restrictive humanitarian migration policies under a center-left government, making temporary protection the norm and inspiring neighbors to follow.

A Warm Embrace in the Cold North? Climate Migration in Nordic Countries

As climate impacts intensify across the Arctic, how well do the Nordic region's progressive traditions translate into protection for people on the move?

European Immigrants in the United States

Once the leading source of immigrants to the United States, Europeans made up just 10 percent of U.S. immigrants in 2022. War in Ukraine pushed more Ukrainians to the United States.

A celebration for the Feast of San Gennaro in New York's Little Italy

Healing the Gap: Building inclusive public-health and migrant integration systems in Europe

COVID-19 deepened migrant health disparities in Europe. This report suggests a coordinated, prevention-focused approach that shifts beyond emergency-driven responses.

An Eritrean refugee is examined by a nurse at a Swiss clinic

Borderless Europe: Seven Decades of Free Movement

Europe's free-movement regime faces its greatest stress test, with Brexit, COVID-19, and rising nationalism challenging an area of mobility spanning more than 460 million people.

Flags of the European Union fly outside of the European Parliament in Brussels.

Start-Up Visas: A Passport for Innovation and Growth?

Start-up visas have proliferated globally since 2010 but show mixed results, succeeding most when embedded in broader national innovation strategies.

Asylum Hangover? Governments Seek to Narrow Avenues for Humanitarian Protection

Facing public pressure, the United States and European Union moved in 2018 to narrow asylum grounds, shorten application deadlines, increase detention, and offshore protection.

The Growth of the Radical Right in Nordic Countries: Observations from the Past 20 Years

Radical-right parties in the Nordic countries commanded close to 20 percent or more of the vote, and mainstream parties have yet to find a counterstrategy that works.