This is what happened when refugees got to run a Danish newspaper for a day

Refugees were invited to guest-edit a Danish daily newspaper this week to present a very different perspective on Europe's refugee crisis.

Twelve recently-arrived refugees who worked as professional journalists at home took over Dagbladet Information, an independent liberal daily, on Friday, and were praised for their special edition.

An editorial in the 48-page paper read:

For politicians, refugees are just a problem to be solved as quickly as possible, and most prefer to do it without looking them in the eye.

Today it is the refugees who speak to us.

Friday's paper tackled topics such as the difficulties facing new arrivals in Danish refugee camps, common myths about the crisis, and reporting on the sacking of Syria heritage sites by Isis.

The guest-edited edition has received praise from both sides of the political spectrum for introducing a fresh perspective into the Danish press’ coverage of the refugee crisis.

Orla Vigsø, a Danish journalism professor at Gothenburg University in Sweden, said:

Dagbladet Information is helping to fill an important gap, but it is impossible to think of other papers doing the same.

The edition has been released in time for the start of the EU relocation programme which began 9 October with the first group of asylum-seekers travelling from Italy to Sweden.

Nineteen Eritrean asylum-seekers, including five women left from Ciampino Airport in Rome for relocation in Sweden, having arrived by boat in Sicily over the last few weeks.

(H/T Guardian)

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