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In the Ombudsman’s opinion, the practice of the Immigration Service did not
fulfil the obligation to institute a search as provided by the 2007 Aliens Act.
In addition, the Ombudsman found it very regrettable that in the case in question the Immigration Service had not instituted a search for the child’s uncle as
quickly as possible following the child’s arrival in Denmark
The Immigration service informed the Ombudsman that in future the Service
would ensure, by various means, that a search would be instituted for family
members of unaccompanied children as quickly as possible following arrival.
The Ombudsman asked to be kept informed of the authorities’ experiences with
the measures taken.
(Case No. 2010-0540-6462)
F. Ministry of CLIMATE, ENERGY AND BUILDING
No cases concluded in 2011 were selected for publication in the Annual Report.
G. Ministry of CULTURE
No cases concluded in 2011 were selected for publication in the Annual Report.
H. Ministry of THE ENVIRONMENT
The following case concluded in 2011 was selected for publication in the Annual
Report:
9-1. Copyright did not preclude access to database
A journalist complained to the Ombudsman that the Ministry of the Environment had refused him access to the database ‘The Danish Elevation Model’.
The Ministry’s grounds for its refusal were that two privately owned enterprises
had copyright in the database and that it would mean an obvious risk of a
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