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Denmark’s top court to rule on ‘parallel societies’ after ‘non-western’ people evicted

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Denmark’s supreme court ruling on evictions of “non-western” residents will determine if such actions constitute racial discrimination, setting a critical legal precedent for future housing cases.

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Government claims removal of former residents of housing complex in Helsingør is unrelated to their ethnicityDenmark’s supreme court is expected to rule on whether the state’s classification of residents with “non-western” backgrounds is covered by racial discrimination law.The appeal by residents who were evicted from Nøjsomhed-Sydvej in Helsingør, a city north of Copenhagen, could have far-reaching implications for others who have been forced out of their homes by the controversial legislation previously known as the “ghetto law”. The government now refers to affected neighbourhoods as “parallel societies”. Continue reading...

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