It's true enough. Lindholm island is tiny and unless you fancy a little swimming, it does work to send the message Støjberg wants to send.
Of course, problem is, it's just "symbol-politics" as we call it here, or what you might call political theater. Spend alot of money repurposing an old research center to send the message that the government is getting even tougher on immigration. No doubt it's working from a PR perspective, but it has been working for quite a long time without overspending money on ridiculous political theater and gimmicks. However, the over the top gimmicky sketches are what makes their way to the ears of refugees and wannabe (third world) immigrants without education and job prospects, so it might reduce the strain. I preferred when the Danish government simply posted articles in Arabic newspapers in Lebanon and Turkey discouraging refugees and immigrants from migrating to Denmark.
It's no coincidence refugees and migrants preferred to go straight to Sweden, and simply used Denmark as a stepping stone. The nationalist party has been a major political force in Danish politics since 2001, and they've been in Danish parliamentary politics since the late 80's, I believe (they broke away from an earlier party started in the 70's). Unlike many other European countries, the Danish nationalist (or National-Conservative, or simply "Socialist"...
) party, have been an accepted political party, part of the political establishment for over a decade.
But I don't see any reason to build more asylum centers, no matter if they're in a hostile,
in your face geography that'll show them who's boss. That shitty behavior should be beneath us. It's needlessly cruel to those refugees who aren't rapists - and yeah, those exist. I don't want more of them here, but that doesn't mean I'd condone acting like an asshole. You can turn down someone from living in your society without being an asshole about it.
It's the laws, international, regional and some national that need reviewing and challenging, the numbers of how many we recieve. Don't need to build projects meant for media entertainment if government can get its shit together and assert its own goddamn sovereignty. Want to act "tough" on immigration? Show your toughness by standing up to those who want to dictate our immigration policies.
Oh, and a picture of the island in question:
Fame is not flattery. Respect is not agreement.
