That was not all that the then Minister of Foreign Affairs, Inger Støjberg (V), needed to know about the case from 2016 about the separation of asylum couples, where one was a minor.
This is how office manager Jonas From Soelberg in the Ministry of Immigration explains on Thursday in the Instruction Commission about the background for Støjberg allegedly not being informed about the full content of an email on one and a half lines.
– This was a difficult enough case in advance, so to the extent that we could make it simpler for the minister, it was fine, he says in the commission set up to investigate the case.
The then department head Lykke Sørensen in the ministry claims, however, that she informed the minister and parts of the civil service about the actual content of the email, as it was found a bit randomly by an employee of the agency.
Støjberg has subsequently in a reply to the Folketing denied having been informed about the content. Therefore, the claim from Støjberg’s former head of office is that the minister has lied to the Folketing.
The email contains a description of a meeting on 10 February 2016, where Støjberg left no doubt about her position that all asylum couples should be separated. According to the email from board director Henrik Grunnet, who wrote the same day, they should do so regardless of the children’s convention.
Støjberg has since rejected this.
When the email was found a bit by chance the following year, Støjberg had already replied to the Folketing that there was no minutes from the meeting. Therefore, it had to be corrected.
According to Jonas From Soelberg, it is not “completely incomprehensible”, as he is asked in the commission on Thursday, that no one asked for the content of the email when it was found.
As he remembers, they were only informed about the first part of the email, which was on one and a half lines.
– There, I think the experience in general was that it was perhaps more appropriate for them not to know the content of that email. Because why would you not share it, then it might be easier to say that I do not know.
– So I do not think they have asked to see it. I do not think it is strange. I do not remember if it has been a strategic consideration in the specific situation, but it could very well have been, says Jonas From Soelberg on Thursday.
Earlier, the department head in the ministry, Line Skytte Mørk Hansen, explained that she asked the agency to follow the law when they separated asylum couples. But employees of the agency believe they were asked to follow the instructions in a misleading press release.
Jonas From Soelberg explains that he had not heard the head of department’s interpretation before the commission’s interrogations began.
He further explains that he can not remember a note at all, which Støjberg has called absolutely central. Furthermore, he says that he has never heard Støjberg directly ask anyone to do something that was illegal.
– This was a difficult enough case in advance, so to the extent that we could make it simpler for the minister, it was fine, he says in the commission set up to investigate the case.
The then department head Lykke Sørensen in the ministry claims, however, that she informed the minister and parts of the civil service about the actual content of the email, as it was found a bit randomly by an employee of the agency.
Støjberg has subsequently in a reply to the Folketing denied having been informed about the content. Therefore, the claim from Støjberg’s former head of office is that the minister has lied to the Folketing.
The email contains a description of a meeting on 10 February 2016, where Støjberg left no doubt about her position that all asylum couples should be separated. According to the email from board director Henrik Grunnet, who wrote the same day, they should do so regardless of the children’s convention.
Støjberg has since rejected this.
When the email was found a bit by accident the following year, Støjberg had already replied to the Folketing that there was no minutes from the meeting. Therefore, it had to be corrected.
According to Jonas From Soelberg, it is not “completely incomprehensible”, as he is asked in the commission on Thursday, that no one asked for the content of the email when it was found.
As he remembers, they were only informed about the first part of the email, which was on one and a half lines.
– There, I think the experience in general was that it was perhaps more appropriate for them not to know the content of that mail. Because why would you not share it, then it might be easier to say that I do not know.
– So I do not think they have asked to see it. I do not think it is strange. I do not remember if it has been a strategic consideration in the specific situation, but it could very well have been, says Jonas From Soelberg on Thursday.
Earlier, the department head in the ministry, Line Skytte Mørk Hansen, explained that she asked the agency to follow the law when they separated asylum couples. But employees of the agency believe they were asked to follow the instructions in a misleading press release.
Jonas From Soelberg explains that he had not heard the head of department’s interpretation before the commission’s interrogations began.
He further explains that he can not remember a note at all, which Støjberg has called absolutely central. Furthermore, he says that he has never heard Støjberg directly ask anyone to do something that was illegal.
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