Top EU court adviser finds Denmark’s ‘ghetto law’ is direct discrimination

13/02/2025 15:09 The Guardian

If European court of justice agrees, ‘parallel societies’ policy could violate EU law, putting onus on Copenhagen to change itDenmark’s “ghetto law”, which allows the state to demolish apartment blocks in areas where at least half of residents have a “non-western” background, constitutes direct discrimination on the basis of ethnic origin, a senior adviser to the EU’s top court has found.Danish social housing law categorises neighbourhoods on the basis of unemployment, crime, education, income and immigrant population. Those where more than 50% of residents are from a “non-western” backgrounds are labelled a “parallel society”, formerly referred to as a “ghetto”. Continue reading...

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