Asylum-seekers learning about Danish sexual mores

Red Cross is preparing new teaching materials

Lucie Rychla

All asylum-seekers in Denmark should attend mandatory courses about Danish sexual norms, proposes Socialdemokraterne.

According to Jyllands-Posten, the Danish Red Cross is currently in the process of compiling teaching materials on sexual mores that will be distributed in asylum centres operated by the organisation.

In October a political majority – Socialdemokraterne along with Dansk Folkeparti, Konservative and Radikale – said they would like to see the classes at all the centres in a bid to reduce the number of rape convictions among immigrants and their descendants.

Some 212 of the 615 people convicted of rape in 2013 and 2014 were immigrants or their descendants – 34.5 percent of the total.

READ MORE: Majority in Parliament would give asylum-seekers a course in Danish sexual norms

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Anne la Cour Vågen, the head of the asylum department at Red Cross, emphasised the materials are not prepared as a response to the recent incidents in Germany.

Asylum-seekers themselves have asked for the information.

The asylum centre Vesthimmerland, which runs six institutions for asylum-seekers, has already introduced lessons on ‘love’ in their mandatory courses for adults.

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