"Jyllands-Posten" published a story alleging asylum fraud by resident Palestinian refugees in Denmark. This contributed to the electoral success of Anders Fogh Rasmussen on 20 November 2001, whose political party campaigned for reduced immigration. The story was found to be unsupported and resulted in the sacking of the editor-in-chief Ulrik Haagerup on 12 December 2001 ("Politiken", "Berlingske Tidende", Information, "B.T.", 13 December 2001). However, "Jyllands-Posten" maintained that the dismissal of Haagerup had nothing to do with his responsibility for the articles in question (editorial on 16 December 2001). According to "Weekendavisen", a newspaper that pretty much shares the political line of "Jyllands-Posten", the real reason for Haagerup's dismissal was a disagreement about the employment strategy (21 December 2001).