88 online
 
Most Popular Choices
Share on Facebook 54 Printer Friendly Page More Sharing
OpEdNews Op Eds    H3'ed 8/10/21

SHAME on DENMARK

By       (Page 1 of 2 pages)   2 comments

Ron Ridenour
Message Ron Ridenour
Become a Fan
  (4 fans)

The African Union and the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) condemn the state of Denmark and its Social Democrat government for xenophobia. An Uncle Tom, "integration" minister Mattias Tesfaye (Ethiopian-Danish), is used as a leading promoter of racist neo-colonialism.

Mattias Tesfave, Minister for Immigration and Integration (sic), is leading a crusade to deport to one or more African countries asylum-seekers in Denmark. His ministry has rejected their status as refugees, but cannot return them to their land of origin as their lives could be in danger.

The African Union (AU) has strongly condemned Denmark for practicing "xenophobia", i.e. racism, for its treatment of refugees, most of whom do not come from Africa but rather the Middle East. AU is a continental union consisting of 55 member states of Africa, founded May 26, 2001. Its headquarters is in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The bloc encompasses 1.3 billion people.

In a news release (August 2), the African Union "condemns in the strongest terms possible, Denmark's Aliens Act, which was passed recently [June 2021], and which provides for Denmark to relocate asylum seekers to countries outside the European Union while their cases are being processed. This law effectively externalizes and exports the asylum process beyond the borders of Denmark." Press Statement On Denmark's Alien Act provision to Externalize Asylum procedures to third countries | African Union (au.int)

"African Union notes with concern attempts... to establish... an extension of the borders of [Denmark]... "to the African shores. Such attempts [are] xenophobic and completely unacceptable.

"The African Union views this [Danish] law with the gravest of concerns and wishes to remind Denmark of its responsibility towards international protection for persons in need of that protection as provided for in the 1951 UN Convention on refugees, to which Denmark is a state party."

The Refugee Convention sets out the rights of individuals who are granted asylum and the responsibilities of nations that grant asylum. 4ca34be29.pdf (unhcr.org)

Less than a year ago, Denmark was strongly criticized by the European committee against torture, European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) (coe.int).

CPT found that many refugees in Denmark's Ellebaek "Immigration Center" are met with violence and racism by "immigration" personnel and police. CPT also criticized refugees' lack of access to healthcare, and that refugee detainees are jailed in police stations, sometimes for many hours without access to light and proper ventilation.

These refugees are among those that Denmark is attempting to bury in "reception centers", which it will create in poverty-stricken Africa still under the foot of Western neo-colonialism. Danmark afviser torturkomite's kritik om vold og racisme pà ¥ udlà ¦ndingecenter | Indland | DR. See also: 09000016809f65d6 (coe.int)

Many of these homeless refugees were denied asylum by the Tesfave-party led government, Social Democrats. Denmark, however, must not return them to the country from which they fled due to their being in risk for punishment or death, because the country is at war. Many are from Syria, which the Danish government has bombed and sent volunteer mercenary soldiers to kill patriots fighting for their country's sovereignty. Denmark's aggression is illegal by national and all international laws. Its actions are motivated to please USA's imperial plans of global domination and to confiscate natural resources.
Debunking the Myth of Denmark - This Can't Be Happening! (thiscantbehappening.net)

Denmark is Still a Colonialist

BT, a conservative daily, interviewed Stig Jensen, a Copenhagen University African Studies associate professor, on August 6, 2021, regarding the significance of the Refugee Convention and African Union's statement. Jensen considered that Denmark is willing to be "strategic enough to go down and ask who is hungry enough to take on this task."

Regarding African Union's critique: "It's a bump in the government's desire to implement the plans," but Denmark will not change coarse, Jensen mused.

Tesfaye and Development Minister Flemming Moeller Mortensen went to Rwanda offering bribes - "carrots", Jensen calls them - to pressed government officials to accept Denmark's unwanted foreigners, most not Africans, to a timeless existence in "reception centers".

Denmark's counterpart to USA's secretary of state, Jeppe Kofod, was sent to Ethiopia to see if it could be so bribed. However, Tesfaye's fatherland is engaged in a brutal civil war brought on by Denmark's friendly government of Abiy Ahmed. Several ethnic groups, separated and pitted against one another by European colonialists, are now in conflict with the government. A civil war in the northern area of Tigray is so devastating - the government forbids any food/medicine to reach the area - that even Uncle Tom Tesfaye has taken Ethiopia off the list. U.S. Paves Way for Intervention in Ethiopia, Horn of Africa Strategic Culture (strategic-culture.org)

Next Page  1  |  2

(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).

Must Read 1   News 1   Valuable 1  
Rate It | View Ratings

Ron Ridenour Social Media Pages: Facebook page url on login Profile not filled in       Twitter page url on login Profile not filled in       Linkedin page url on login Profile not filled in       Instagram page url on login Profile not filled in

Ron Ridenour is a retired journalist, anti-war and radical activist; author of a dozen books, including "The Russian Peace Threat: Pentagon on Alert".

Go To Commenting
The views expressed herein are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of this website or its editors.
Writers Guidelines

 
Contact AuthorContact Author Contact EditorContact Editor Author PageView Authors' Articles
Support OpEdNews

OpEdNews depends upon can't survive without your help.

If you value this article and the work of OpEdNews, please either Donate or Purchase a premium membership.

STAY IN THE KNOW
If you've enjoyed this, sign up for our daily or weekly newsletter to get lots of great progressive content.
Daily Weekly     OpEd News Newsletter
Name
Email
   (Opens new browser window)
 

Most Popular Articles by this Author:     (View All Most Popular Articles by this Author)

Key Witness Admits Lying for U.S. Phony Case Against Julian Assange

Looking Back at Today's Uprising: Unify the Movements

Denmark, the US's 51st state: Social Democrat Government Dares Not Criticize US

Fight for Promised Peace Dividend; Interview with John Rachel

Denmark Authorities in Denial About Racist Bestial Murder

U.S.-Backed Ecuador Government Tries Stopping Socialist Electoral Victory

To View Comments or Join the Conversation:

Tell A Friend