Expulsion for at least 1 year in prison for serious crime, and electronic monitoring with an electronic tag for certain foreign nationals
Official title (in Danish): Lov om ændring af udlændingeloven, lov om midlertidig opholdstilladelse til personer, der er fordrevet fra Ukraine, hjemrejseloven, lov om fuldbyrdelse af straf m.v., repatrieringsloven og straffeloven (Skærpelse af regler om udvisning ved ubetinget fængselsstraf af mindst 1 års varighed for visse former for alvorlig kriminalitet og indførelse af elektronisk kontrol med fodlænke for visse udlændinge m.v.)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- Foreign nationals who receive at least 1 year of unconditional imprisonment for certain forms of serious crime must, as a general rule, be expelled.
- Foreign nationals who are convicted of ten or more violations of reporting duties within 3 months in a row are ordered to wear electronic equipment (an electronic tag) that records their movements, for 1 year.
- Who: The expulsion rule applies to foreign nationals who are sentenced to at least 1 year of unconditional imprisonment for, among other things, aggravated violence, sexual assault, organised crime, human smuggling or drug crime. The electronic monitoring rule applies to foreign nationals who are convicted of ten or more violations of the reporting duties in sections 12 or 13 of the Danish Aliens Departure Act within 3 months in a row.
- When: The Act entered into force on 15 September 2026.
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The case at the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)
Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)
Forslaget skærper reglerne for udvisning, så udlændinge, der idømmes mindst 1 års ubetinget fængsel for visse former for alvorlig kriminalitet, såsom bl.a. grov vold, seksuelle overgreb, organiseret kriminalitet, menneskesmugling og narkotikakriminalitet, som udgangspunkt skal udvises, medmindre ganske særlige hensyn taler afgørende imod. Med lovforslaget indføres der også elektronisk kontrol med gps-fodlænke for udlændinge, der straffes for 10 eller flere overtrædelser af deres kontrolforpligtelser, og manglende overholdelse af den elektroniske kontrol kan medføre frihedsstraf.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 25 June 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- Passed · 3 September 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: 3.beh./Vedtaget
- Stadfæstet · 8 September 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- In force · 15 September 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet