One half of the Danish nation is not interested at all in getting to know immigrants and refugees

Copenhagen Post:

Meeting people with foreign backgrounds does not top the Danish nation’s list of priorities, national daily Politiken reported on Thursday.

An opinion poll conducted for the Danish Refugee Council revealed that 45 percent of respondents said they found it unlikely that they would ever try to contact people with immigrant backgrounds.

Only 13 percent said they were very interested in getting to know some of the country’s foreign residents.

37 percent were not as eager, but still positive towards the idea of establishing a personal contact to foreigners.

The figures stand in contrast with interest among the country’s immigrant population, where only 13 percent said they had no plans to get to know ethnic Danes.

47 percent, however, said they were very interested in taking action to establish personal relations with ethnic Danes. Together with the 35 percent who said they would probably try to get to know the nation, 82 percent of Denmark’s immigrant population proved positive towards the idea of personal contact between the two population groups – almost double the share of born-and-bred Danes.

Andreas Kamm, secretary general of the refugee council, said he was not happy with his fellow countrymen, and said he had hoped more would prove interested in meeting people with immigrant backgrounds.

‘It’s important that every one of us takes on a part of the responsibility of making integration work,’ he said. ‘We can’t just leave it to the politicians. If we are to have an integral society, we need to take matters into our own hands at the workplace, in the sports club, kindergarten, or school.’

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