Permanent Secretary of State for Immigration and Integration
Dear Mr Ruete,
Thank you for your letter of 22 December 2017 in which you request additional
information and clarifications on the Danish notification of 11 October 2017 on
carrying out internal border controls beyond 11 November 2017.
As stated in my letter of 10 November 2017, the
Da ish Gover e t’s decisio to
carry out internal border controls was based on an assessment by the Danish Se-
curity and Intelligence Service (DSIS) of the security situation in Denmark pertain-
ing to international terrorism. Following hereto, the competent authorities found
that in the current circumstances temporarily reintroducing border controls would
be an effective response to the identified threats to the internal security and that
alternative measures such as e.g. intensified police checks in the border areas
would not achieve the same effect.
The threat assessments made by the Center for Terror Analysis (CTA) within the
DSIS are continuous and most often classified. CTA, however, issues an official,
unclassified assessment of the terror threat to Denmark, the most recent issued
on 12 January 2018 as a replacement for the one issued on 7 February 2017. This
assessment under preparation in 2017 formed the basis of the mentioned analysis
from the DSIS.
In it, it is, inter alia, assessed
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that the terror threat to Denmark is significant. The threat is primarily posed
by militant Islamism.
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that the military pressure on the group that calls itself the Islamic State (IS)
increases the pressure on Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq, including on per-
sons from Denmark. This has resulted in more people wanting to return to
Europe, including Denmark.
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that individuals who have been with militant Islamist groups like IS have
gained a capability to commit acts of terrorism and can be particularly radical-
ised, brutalised and prone to violence upon their return. This is especially true
of men, but also applies to women.
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that even a few returnees may pose a terror threat to Denmark. It may also
increase the threat to Danish interests abroad if such individuals travel to
other countries.
January 22 2018
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