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The home secretary is gearing up to set out a major shakeup of the asylum system in the coming weeks, which is expected to be modelled on Denmark.
The country has one of the toughest immigration systems in Europe, and senior officials are hoping that taking lessons from the Scandinavian nation could help bring down the growing numbers of people arriving in the UK via small boat.
A delegation of senior officials was sent to Copenhagen last month to learn about their interventions and draw lessons that could be applied to the UK.
Why is the government looking to Denmark?
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