Denmark has suspended the processing of applications from Kenya for internships in its agricultural sector over fake academic papers that are being presented by applicants.
The Danish government has also suspended applications from Kenya’s neighbours Uganda and Tanzania. The suspension affects applications for internships for agricultural jobs including herdsmen and farm managers.
According to the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI), the suspension affects applications for residence and work permits in cases where applicants received their education from the three countries.
“This [suspension] applies, in the first instance, to applications for residence and work permits as an intern, as well as for herdsmen and farm manager, where the applicant in their current or previous application has stated that they have an education from Uganda, Tanzania or Kenya,” said the agency.
“Applications for a residence and work permit as an accompanying family member to the affected applicant group are also included. This applies as well to applications where the applicant is already staying in Denmark and wants to change their internship host, or wants to apply as a herdsman after the end of their internship.”
SIRI operates under the Danish government’s Ministry of Immigration and Integration. The agency noted that during the processing of applications from Uganda for residence and work permits for an agricultural internship in February 2026, it was discovered that academic documents from the three countries were suspicious.
“The stricter case processing has uncovered conditions, including patterns in grade information as well as other aspects of the submitted educational documents, that give cause for severe doubt about the authenticity and the contents of the submitted educational documents from applicants with an educational background from Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, where similar patterns have been observed,” the agency stated.
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The processing of applications is however expected to resume from June 2026. It was not immediately clear how current and future applicants shall be impacted by the move.
