A record number of asylum-seekers have left Denmark voluntarily and returned to their countries of origin, according to the UN’s Danish office for migration, the IOM.
The figures revealed that 532 asylum-seekers returned home last year – more than double the number who did so in 2015.
“More often, we hear explanations about a family member in their homeland becoming ill: a child in a hospital or a relative who is dying,” Jacob Jørgensen, a program officer with IOM in Copenhagen, told DR Nyheder.
About 75 percent of the asylum-seekers who leave Denmark voluntarily do so before their asylum cases have been processed.
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Source: The Copenhagen Post
