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In Denmark, a former Minister of Immigration at the helm

2021-11-28T16:42:39.006Z


Inger Stojberg is appearing for having separated asylum-seeking couples on the grounds that the wives were minors.


Copenhagen

Extremely rare in Danish judicial annals: a former Minister of Immigration is on trial for having illegally separated, in 2016, couples of asylum seekers whose wives were minors. Before the 26 judges of the Kingdom's Special Court, Inger Stojberg remained adamant throughout the 32 days of hearing.

“I'm not going to apologize. I don't think I did anything wrong. I hope that each responsible person would have acted exactly the same way as me ”,

she hammered, before assuring:

“ My goal was to protect

underage

girls ”

forced into forced marriages. The proceedings ended last week and the judgment was reserved.

A strong 49-year-old woman, true to her convictions, Inger Stojberg was often presented as the "iron lady" of Danish migration policy, one of the most restrictive in Europe, in Lars' center-right government. Loekke Rasmussen, who

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Source: lefigaro

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