Despite attempts by the United Nations to argue that the policy will create “ethnic discrimination,” over the course of the next 10 years it will ensure that at least 70% of the population living in allocated areas have a western ethnic background.
Citizens from outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland will also be denied municipal housing support as will those with a criminal record.
By pursuing the policy, Denmark has been able to reduce areas officially considered to be “ghettos” from 22 in 2018 down to 15 as of now.
In doing so, it has largely avoided replicating countries like France, where vast numbers of migrants live in ghettos on the fringes of major cities in lawless areas where police are afraid to enter. (...)
