Recalling how a group of refugees once threatened his life if he did not retract a police statement, Frank Pedersen is angry about the increasing number of immigrants in Denmark.

They are, he said, running amok in Tonder, the small town on the border with Germany where he lives with his wife and small child and works at the local employment center.

“I see a problem with more and more coming. It’s an issue when nothing is being done in areas where they commit crimes. Tipping over social workers’ cars so they have to ride in pairs out of fear,” the 41-year-old navy veteran said.

Pedersen was one of about 200 people who gathered for a garden party held at a former border post with Germany by the right-wing Danish People’s Party (DF). The location was apt: The party wants to reintroduce border controls,

scrapped after Denmark entered the passport-free Schengen zone.