Finally, at last, a positive message about immigration is beginning to gain traction in the conventional media, as well as on social media, a message which is being backed up by reliable statistics that prove not only that Denmark needs immigration, indeed that its very economic future relies on immigration, but that the majority of Danes are well aware of this and are more open to foreigners than the popular media myth has it.

Along with numerous reports from respected economic institutions in the last few days that detail precisely the economic benefits to a country of immigration (and which prove, for instance, that immigration does not result in lower pay for indigenous workers, and that immigrants do not take the jobs of Danes who are willing to work), there have also been encouraging reports of grass roots activities right here in Denmark.

Last week, for instance, Politiken reported from the Sønderborg municipality in Jutland, where a group of locals had managed to overcome their anxiety at the news that they would be receiving 200 Syrian asylum seekers by taking the trouble to get to know, and to an extent embrace, them.

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