
African welfare tourist in Denmark: “I thought it would take a few months and then I would get a house and a car.”
OCTOBER 8, 2015 NO COMMENTS ON AFRICAN WELFARE TOURIST IN DENMARK: “I THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE A FEW MONTHS AND THEN I WOULD GET A HOUSE AND A CAR.”4
Translated from Uriasposten:
“In 2010, Nigerian Kingsley Okoro traveled with the help from smugglers through the Sahara and the refugee crossed the Mediterranean in a rubber dinghy in search of a better life in Europe.
… Five years later the dream of a better life in Denmark has still not come true – and now Kingsley Okoro has a new dream: to return to Nigeria and be reunited with his son. …
‘Life in Denmark has given me mixed feelings. Denmark itself is not the problem. People are very friendly. The problem is that I am not able to adapt to society,’ he says.
‘I did not know that it was so hard to get what one wants in Europe. I thought it would take a few months and then I would get a house and a car. But it takes time.’”