The authorities behind newtodenmark.dk
Newtodenmark.dk is owned and administered by two authorities: the Danish Immigration Service (under the Ministry of Justice) and the Danish Agency for Labour Retention and International Recruitment (under the Ministry of Employment).
The Ministry of Integration is closed
As of October 3 2011, the Ministry of Refugee, Immigration and Integration Affairs is closed, and the ministry's responsibilities have been transferred to other ministries:
- Humanitarian residence is now the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice
- Danish citizenship is now the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice
- Danish as a second language instruction is now the responsibility of the Ministry of Children and Education
- Integration policy, prevention of radicalisation and integration studies are now the responsibility of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Integration
- Integration of refugees and immigrants into the labour market and the educational system, including introduction programmes, is now the responsibility of the Ministry of Employment
Changes to newtodenmark.dk
Newtodenmark.dk is currently undergoing thorough revisions to cater for the splitting up of the former Danish Immigration Service into two new agencies as of 1 January 2012.
All information in the 'Coming to Denmark' section of newtodenmark.dk is based on the current immigration regulations. The government has proposed a number of changes to these policies.