Denmark’s Ministry of Immigration, Integration and Housing began an advertising campaign Monday aimed at deterring refugees from arriving in the country.

“Denmark has decided to tighten the regulations concerning refugees in a number of areas,” read the ads, which ran in four newspapers in Lebanon in Arabic and English. The plain text flyer continued by informing readers that the Danish Parliament has just passed a regulation to reduce social benefits for newly arrived refugees by up to 50 percent. It then listed six other obstacles refugees would face, including a language requirement to obtain permanent residence and a waiting period of at least five years.

In addition, the ad informs readers that “foreign nationals granted temporary protection in Denmark will not have the right to bring family members to Denmark during the first year.” Justin Cremer, an editor at the English-language Danish news site The Local Denmark, posted the English version of the ad on Twitter Monday.

Read the article “Denmark Places Anti-Refugee Ads in Lebanese Newspapers” on newsweek.com.