[4] According to the Red Cross, one of the main tasks of the reception is to create a secure and tranquil environment for asylum seekers who have traveled far and long.
Applicants receive basic information about the asylum process in Denmark - and are offered a medical check.
Special attention is paid to the most vulnerable, such as asylum seekers with trauma, victims of torture, families with small children or elderly people with impaired health.
There are also laundry, cafeteria, health clinic, residents' phones and various tenant-led activities, such as sewing, an info cafe, a women's group and bicycle workshop.
Asylum seekers are offered a short course in Danish and knowledge of Denmark for everyday use, which are taught in the center.
It is clear that there were around 200 police sent to protect the center, who erected plastic barricades at some distance from it to prevent access.
[8] The police have denied the accusations of excessive violence and say that the tear gas was appropriate in the situation, and that they were attacked by demonstrators.
[9] An asylum seeker in Sandholm appealed through a Facebook group for the action to be called off because most residents were worried and had come to Denmark to seek protection from war and violence.
Critics have noted that residents in the Sandholm camp are free to move in and out through the gate, so there should be no reason to cut a hole in the fence.
They published a press release on the Nazi website DNF: "We have chosen to prevent and delay as many protesters as possible from reaching the refugee camp Saturday 25 10 08.