Dear Foreigners

This was in a newspaper politiken.dk

I copied this from ThisIndonesian

Dear foreigners,

You are not welcomed in Denmark.

It’s not because we have something against you personally.

We are modern and open-minded people.

It’s just so difficult, so difficult that you are coming and want to live with us here.

Because you are different, you forced us to look at ourselves.

You force us to look at ourselves and the way we live our lives and

You chose to show us that there’s another way to live our lives and believe in other values than ours.

If it weren’t for you and your belief, we wouldn’t be worried or think about our own, because it’s something that we don’t want to look at or even know about.

Because we’re happy and satisfied people, just like we are now.

We are small country, we are doing great. We like coffee and cheese sandwich and sometimes shawarma.

It’s not that and we’ve always been like that.

Remember that it’s nothing personal. We have nothing personal against you or your family no matter where in the world you come from.

I am sure you are very friendly and if we get to know each other, it’s not impossible that we’d become friends.

But you’re just so different and we don’t even want to think about all the things that follow when you receive a visit from a stranger.

So, stay away.

Thank you

I got deported!?!?!

I got deported and so we have emailed and called whom ever we thought could help.I moved here 9 years ago in august.This is the letter we sent out.


"My name is Melissa Straarup and I have been deported.I must leave by oct 7 2010.
The reason I am being deported is that I dont speak danish and I have
not worked out side the home for 2 1/2 years.
I have a danish husband and a 6 year old and 2 year old half danish
children.Below is the letter sent to the immigration department.
To Whom it May Concern

I recieved permission to live in denmark in oct 2002 and at this time
I was assigned a case worker.I was admitted to language school in nov
2002 and tested and then was to start classes in march.At this time I
was pregnant 7 months and was having trouble.I have severe Rhumatoid
Arthritis and Lupus.I was not able to handle school at this time and
so I left with a medical leave.I had a bad lupus flare and was not
able to start again until fall 2004.I went for awhile and then had to
leave again.I decided to try again in fall 2006 when our daughter
started børnehave.I was going but it is very hard for me to write
alot or sit very long so I purchased a laptop since I was told the
Vejen kommune would not help me.I bought one and was returning to
school in jan 2007.At this time I was sent away and told because I was
here 3 years I could not attend school.In march we moved so I tried a
new kommune asking for help etc.I was sent to EUC in Sonderborg.I was
able to pass the test there and started classes.they sat me in front
of a computer identifying items.I am beyond that and wanted to learn
to speak danish.I once again left very frustrated as no one in the
kommune would help me get work or school.I ever tried to get into SDU
but could not because I dont speak danish.I have since started my own
company in hopes to help support my family.I love living here and have
been married 8 years.I have 2 children born here and one that is 17
that moved here in 2006.She loves it as well and is fluent in danish
and is attending HTX.I have never met with a case worker and feel
cheated a bit.I want to learn the language but cant.I tried the
mothers club but after 3 meetings of just sitting there no one called
me for a 4th meeting.I was a member a KFUM scouts and we are starting
back again now as out daughter is joining and we are inactive members
of the rovers but will be going back as well.Everyone else I know
gets a case worker and someone keeps up with them but not me.I never
got one past the first meeting.I have never taken any money from the
kommune and wont.
Melissa Straarup