Minister for Integration (Denmark) explained

Post:Minister for Integration
Insignia:National Coat of arms of Denmark.svg
Insigniasize:75px
Insigniacaption:State Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Incumbent:Kaare Dybvad
Incumbentsince:2 May 2022
Department:Ministry of Integration
Member Of:the Folketing
Appointer:Prime Minister
Termlength:4 years
First:Bertel Haarder

Minister for Immigration and Integration (Danish: Udlændinge- og Integrationsminister) is a Danish ministerial office. The office was created by Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen on 27 November 2001 when he formed the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I after the 2001 Danish parliamentary election, in which refugees, immigration, and integration of people from non-western countries had been important issues.

One of the stated goals of the Anders Fogh cabinet, and especially the supporting Danish People's Party which secured the government's majority, was to "stem the flow" of refugees to Denmark, and new tougher rules did drastically reduce the number of refugees being granted asylum. Another initiative was the 24 year rule, which stated that spouses must be 24 or older before they could immigrate to Denmark through family reunification (there had been many cases of arranged marriages of young people being used to get around immigration restrictions).

It was abolished by the Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt after Rasmussen's right-wing alliance lost the 2011 election.

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