The ambition of the Danish government is to fight what is described as a parallel society.
In 2018 came the first laws which should prevent a large number of immigrants in some residential areas.
The law package went under the name “A Denmark without a parallel society – no ghettos in 2030”.
The measures were controversial.
The UN warned
The UN believed that Denmark risked increased ethnic discrimination through the laws.
Among other things, stricter penalties were opened for criminals in these areas. One could also be required to send their children to kindergarten.
Now the laws are being tightened further, he writes TV2lorry.
Kaare Dybvad Bek is the Minister of the Interior and Housing in Denmark.
Photo: Claus Bech / Claus Bech
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It is clear after the governing party, the Social Democrats, this week agreed with five other parties on a new agreement. (Read the entire agreement her)
– It is absolutely crucial to ensure a welfare society where you meet people who are different from yourself in everyday life, says Minister of the Interior and Housing Kaare Dybvad Bek.
Several areas are covered by the law
The new proposal is that there should be no residential areas in Denmark where more than 30 per cent have a non-western background. The ambition is that this is in place within ten years.
A total of 58 residential areas and more than 100,000 inhabitants in Denmark are covered by the tightening. In total, there are 83 areas and 163,000 inhabitants, which must comply with stricter requirements.
– The only way we can achieve this is that we meet each other in everyday life in mixed districts. That there are no places where we have the skewed population composition that we have today, says Bek.
Several are denied municipal housing
The rules for who will be assigned a municipal housing in certain areas of Denmark will be stricter, writes Altinget.dk.
From now on, housing applicants who have a sentence or have been released in the last six months will be refused. The same applies to people who have received so-called integration support, or financial assistance from the state in the last six months. According to the new rules, citizens who come from countries outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland will also be denied entry.
This new law is not the only one the UN has criticized: In early June, politicians in the Folketing passed a bill to transfer asylum seekers to centers in a third country. The UN has warned that the scheme could undermine international cooperation.
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