Archive, 1985: Danes caught in refugee dilemma

21 November 1985: Jonathan Steele reports on a new bill to curb immigration in Denmark

Copenhagen
Beside the Tivoli Gardens here a group of Iranians have set up a makeshift camp beneath the arches of the railway station entrance.

With police permission, they chose Denmark’s best known landmark for a week-long vigil which is designed to shock passersby. A placard shows a long arm with the red and white Danish flag on its sleeve handing an Iranian refugee into the jaws of Ayatollah Khomeini.

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