While fewer immigrants vote in Nordic countries compared with the ethnic Scandinavians, Danish Muslims are attempting to change this tendency, citing both the government’s departure from its integration policy and a new right-wing party promoting mass deportations, which has entered the fray.
With the hashtag #Yalla_stem or “Hurry up, vote”, a group of young Muslims are attempting to encourage those who share their faith to ramp up their involvement in the democratic process, lest they get deported by right-wingers, who may otherwise win the election.