Wammen ends free television service at Kærshovedgård deportation centre

Residents at Denmark’s Kærshovedgård deportation centre will no longer receive paid television channels at public expense. If they want to watch Al Jazeera, Dubai TV International or other subscription channels, they will have to pay themselves.

Justice Minister Nicolai Wammen told B.T. that he had asked Danmarks Fængsler to cancel the television subscriptions as quickly as possible. He said the residents were people who had no business remaining in Denmark, and argued that taxpayers should not pay for their access to paid channels.

The announcement came on the same day Wammen was due to state his position in Parliament on Arabic television packages at the centre. The question was submitted by independent lawmaker Nadja Natalie Isaksen, who recently began cooperating with the Danish People’s Party.

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These are people who have no business being in Denmark, and I therefore do not think it is reasonable for Danish taxpayers to pay for residents at Kærshovedgård to watch Al Jazeera and other paid channels.