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25 March 2011

Denmark: Crime rates for new Danes in impressive decline

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Integration efforts have had an effect, says the Rockwool Foundation.

The crime rates for immigrants and their descendents from non-Western countries have declined sharply. This is the conclusion of a thorough analysis from the Rockwool Foundation Analysis Unit.

In 1990, 11 per cent of second-generation immigrants from non-Western countries had committed crimes, whereas the number for 2006 is 5 per cent.

 

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