Till the State Does Us Part

Being able to live freely with the one you love should be a human right. Nevertheless, with the recent decades tightening of immigration policy, it has become an almost impossible struggle for thousands of Danes to live with the one they love in Denmark.

I worked with Marriage Without Borders, an NGO that fights for the right of Danish-international couples to live a safe life together in Denmark. With this campaign, we wanted to draw attention to how the current rules for family reunification affect the individual, the family and Danish society, through a documentary, a social media campaign, and a citizen proposal aimed at removing one of the biggest barriers to family reunification: the financial requirement.

The film gives an insight into the everyday life of three couples navigating the Danish system. The educational platform Faktalink now offers the film as part of their immigration curriculum.