Copenhagen, Denmark
A new law is indirectly forcing Danes who marry foreigners to move to Sweden to retain their citizenship. To discourage green-card marriages, Denmark’s new right-wing government passed a law allowing the deportation of foreign spouses who have “weak” ties to their new country. Some couples are now moving to neighboring Sweden, where Danes and their spouses can easily get citizenship. Then, as Swedes, the couples will be able to return to Denmark to claim Danish citizenship. Anders Hansen, a Dane whose bride comes from Cameroon, is considering such a move. “It is so unfair,” Hansen told the BBC. “You can’t restrict love to borders.”
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