All non-Western foreigners will get a payment of 13,430 euros if they leave Denmark and forgo any right to permanent residency. Politiken reports that the plan, which has just been adopted by the Danish government and the Danish People's Party, Dansk Folkeparti, will include provisions to reimburse local authorities for 100% of repatriation incentives as opposed to 75% in a previous scheme. In total, local authorities stand to benefit from 2.7 millions euros earmarked to encourage foreigners to return home. Repatriation incentives have been accorded since 1997, but until now, individual payments were capped at 3,680 euros, and only 2,600 foreigners accepted the inducements. Funding for the new plan has been agreed in budgetary negotiations, which are currently underway in the country.
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