A N A LY S I S DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS CAUTIONARY TALE OR MODEL FOR SUCCESS? Social Democrats and their Migration Policy in Denmark Jakob Schwörer and Kristina Birke Daniels December 2024 Contrary to widespread public opinion, the»pa­radigm shift« in Danish migration policy has not weakened the radical right. The Social Democrats’ tac­­tic of adopting right-wing positions has not proved successful and indeed is creating new problems. Voters’ shift from the radi­­cal right to the Social De­mo­crats was not primarily mo­tivated by attitudes to­wards migration policy. There is no evidence that the number of people seeking protection and the number of repatriations have changed significantly as a result of the much vaunted»paradigm shift«. However, the consequences for those seeking protection are devastating and make integration more difficult.