"Denmark's tough stance on immigration has already begun acting as a deterrent to asylum seekers, even before controversial new laws aimed at preventing foreigners settling there come into force on July 1. The publicity that has greeted Denmark's move to the Right is thought to have prompted a big fall in the number of asylum-seekers, which dropped from 3,033 in the first three months of 2001 to 1,877 in the same period this year." (Quoted from article)