Asked if he would rather see ten English people stay in Denmark for the rest of their lives than one Iraqi, Dybvad replies: “Yes, I would.”

After lengthy negotiations, the government and representatives from the social partners presented an agreement on Monday that will bring more foreign labor to Denmark.

Throughout the life of the SVM government, it has been a condition of cooperation that the Social Democrats, the Liberals and the Moderates have different views on immigration policy.

On Monday, when the government presented a new agreement with the social partners to attract more foreign labor to the country, the differences among the three parties became clear again.