Two months in prison for the former Danish Minister of Immigration who separated refugee couples

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A special court today sentenced the former Danish Minister of Immigration and Integration, the liberal

,

to 60 days in unconditional prison

for ordering the illegal separation of refugee couples in the first

in three decades.

It is the sixth time in 171 years that Denmark has held a trial equivalent to impeachment, with a maximum sentence of two years and in which only two cases have so far been convicted.

Støjberg was found guilty of violating the ministerial responsibility law by deciding to apply a rule, without the possibility of exceptions, whereby all couples of asylum seekers in which one was a minor were separated and housed in different places.

The majority of the court (25 of 26 judges, half of the Supreme Court and, the other, people elected by Parliament) considered it proven that Støjberg, through a press release, imposed for at least one month, from February to March, 2016, a

The sentence is not appealable, although he could serve it without going to prison, with an electronic anklet, since it is less than 6 months.

"I accept the penalty, but I do it without lowering my head. I am very surprised. Today they have lost the Danish values," she said after hearing the sentence.

The historic process was approved in January, following the opinion of a parliamentary commission, by the vast majority of the House.

Støjberg announced in February 2016, amid the refugee crisis in Europe, the order and expressly called on the General Directorate for Aliens to carry out his instructions.

The measure affected 23 couples

, the majority made up of people of similar ages, although Støjberg had denounced in his day that there were many made up of girls and older men.

After a couple won the case in court, the Ombudsman opened a file and concluded that Støjberg had ignored warnings from his department about possible illegality, the same resolution that was later reached by a parliamentary commission.

That resolution led to the

as Liberal vice president and the departure of Støjberg's party, on whose act of deputy Parliament will have to decide.

Prominent voices from the far-right Danish People's Party, the third largest parliamentary force, have invited her in recent weeks to join their ranks and participate in the fight to lead a low-hour formation whose leader resigned a month ago.

Støjberg was the visible face of the right-wing government's immigration hardliner (2015-2019), which made her a highly controversial and popular figure in Denmark, with controversial laws such as confiscating property from asylum seekers and their attacks. to immigrants on social media.

The latest impeachment precedent dates back to 1995, when former Conservative Justice Minister Erik Ninn-Hansen was sentenced to four months in unconditional prison for denying family reunification to Tamil refugees, a case that years earlier had led to the resignation of the Tamil government. also curator Poul Schlüter.

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