There are some problems, but the large majority of immigrants to Denmark do work. In fact if you include both intra-EU and extra-EU immigrants, the work rates a

There are some problems, but the large majority of immigrants to Denmark do work. In fact if you include both intra-EU and extra-EU immigrants, the work rates are higher for immigrants than for Danes. Non-EU immigrants and Danes work at almost exactly the same rates (~85%), while intra-EU immigrants work more (90%). From Eurostat: http://i.imgur.com/2vKqI7e.png http://i.imgur.com/2vKqI7e.png