
{"id":21415,"date":"2010-12-04T07:16:56","date_gmt":"2010-12-04T06:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=21415\/"},"modified":"2017-01-21T03:58:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T03:58:58","slug":"editorial-wrong-message-to-the-wrong-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/editorial-wrong-message-to-the-wrong-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial: Wrong message to the wrong people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IT IS A MANTRA repeated mind-numbingly often by Danish government ministers: Denmark needs to attract talented international scientists to keep the economy going.<\/p>\n<p>But the latest round of restrictions, ostensibly to avoid the type of immigration that the Danish government <em>does not like<\/em> such as arranged marriages and an influx of unqualified migrants into ghettos, is hitting the very people it wants to attract.<\/p>\n<p>Restrictions that will hit international students and researchers include:  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"Node\/8356\" target=\"_blank\">Automatic expulsion if your application for a residence permit is too late,<\/a> a DKK 1750-3000 fee to apply, and, for non-Danish citizens who live here permanently, <a href=\"Node\/8158\" target=\"_blank\">no more government study grants.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Politicians typically refer to international students and researchers as brains. They talk of \u2018the brain drain\u2019, and \u2018attracting the brains\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>But the latest law includes a complicated points system on family reunification that has turned the objectifying rhetoric of attracting brains into something ludicrous.<\/p>\n<p>Your spouse gets an extra 40 points<a href=\"Node\/8196\" target=\"_blank\"> if your PhD or Master\u2019s degree is from Denmark or a top 20 university.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>THINK ABOUT IT. Even on the most charitable rankings, Danish universities are nowhere near the top 20, even though they rank well. The Times World University Ranking has Aarhus and Copenhagen on 167th and 177th. The QS ranking has them on 84th and 45th.<\/p>\n<p>A comment on UniversityPost.dk was harsh: \u00bbWho would like to come to Denmark to live after having university degrees from prestigious universities like Harvard? I&#8217;m afraid the answer is no one.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>LUCKILY for universities like Copenhagen, people still fall in love and make friends.<\/p>\n<p>Research recently reported on Universitypost.dk shows that<br \/>\n<a href=\"Node\/8136\" target=\"_blank\">chance encounters and sudden opportunities are far more important<\/a> in international students\u2019 and researchers\u2019 decisions to opt for Denmark than what politicians do to scare them away.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the anger expressed in comments on Universitypost.dk over the new immigration laws in recent weeks is misplaced: If you get in, you can still get a degree here, a career, and a life. Copenhagen still scores OK on statistics measuring liveability, services and even happiness.<\/p>\n<p>BUT the government is sending the wrong message, and it is sending it to the wrong people. If you are not welcome, you will leave, and Denmark will be left alone. 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