The former immigration minister Inger Støjberg has announced she will leave the opposition Liberal (Venstre) party and continue in parliament as an independent.
Denmark's parliament on Tuesday referred a former minister to a rarely used special court over accusations that she broke the law when ordering the separation of asylum-seeking couples while in office.
Inger Støjberg, the former immigration minister and deputy leader of the Liberal party, is to face an impeachment trial after a cross-aisle majority of political parties backed the move.
Denmark's controversial former immigration minister Inger Støjberg has resigned as deputy chairman of the opposition Liberal Party after the party's leader said he might support a court case against her.
The former minister of immigration and integration, Inger Støjberg, misled parliament after she issued an illegal order to separate certain married couples at asylum centres, an official enquiry has found.
Inger Støjberg, Denmark's hardline former immigration minister, has lost her fight to gain a position at the top of the centre-right Liberal Party, to the frustration of supporters.
Denmark’s minister for immigration Inger Støjberg has played down the significance of an email which appears to undermine her explanation of an illegal asylum directive issued by her ministry.
The government and private sector representatives have agreed the extension of a scheme in which refugees are provided short-term jobs and training at apprentice salary levels.
Minister for Immigration and Integration Inger Støjberg has been summoned to an extraordinary parliamentary hearing (hastesamråd) over a directive to separate married asylum seekers under the age of 18 from their partners.
The UNHCR and the Danish Refugee Council have criticised the government for a new bill which seeks to ease the path to repatriation of UN quota refugees.
After the newest wave of reports in the Danish media of children with foreign backgrounds being deported, Integration Minister Inger Støjberg said on Monday that she would consider ways to avoid such cases in the future.
A proposal presented earlier this month that would make it easier for Danish companies to recruit skilled workers from abroad looks doomed after the government on Monday failed to garner enough political support for its plan.
Denmark’s minister for immigration and integration Inger Støjberg was in Vienna on Thursday as the two countries presented their plan for reforms to the EU’s asylum system.
Denmark said Thursday it would not take in any refugees under the UN's quota system in 2018, focusing instead on integrating those recently arrived in the country.
Minister for immigration and integration Inger Støjberg says she wants the IGU apprenticeship scheme for refugees to continue beyond 2019, when it is currently set to expire.
Immigration Minister Inger Støjberg on Thursday defended the success of a programme that allows refugees to take short-term jobs at an apprentice salary level and vowed that the scheme would continue despite the misgivings of the Danish People’s Party.
Italy's new government took its fight to block migrants to Libya on Monday as a new boat with hundreds on board remained stranded at sea, deepening a crisis shaking Europe.
A refugee from Afghanistan who is suffering from heart disease has returned to Denmark, where he was previously refused asylum, a week after immigration minister Inger Støjberg admitted incorrect practise by her ministry.
Opposition politicians say they find Denmark’s minister for immigration Inger Støjberg 'hard to trust' after she admitted to poor practice by her ministry.
Seriously ill asylum seekers may have been refused humanitarian protection in Denmark in breach of a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
Denmark’s Alternative party has called for immigration minister Inger Støjberg to face a parliamentary hearing over her attempts to prevent funding being awarded to a social project.
