Denmark’s Supreme Court is set to hear a challenge to legislation that allowed evictions tied to residents being classified as “non-Western,” in a case brought by families displaced from a social housing estate in Helsingør. The dispute follows earlier implementation of the so-called “ghetto law,” which has been criticised as creating “parallel societies.”
Al Jazeera reports that evicted families take the matter to the Supreme Court, framing it around Denmark’s controversial division between “Western” and “non-Western” citizens. The Guardian adds that the government argues removals are not related to ethnicity, while the appeal asks whether the state’s classification is covered by racial discrimination law.
The Daily Mail describes the effort as aimed at eradicating “non-Western ghettos,” and focuses on claims by former tenants that their leases were terminated because of discrimination. Across outlets, the core issue is whether Denmark’s approach to identifying residents is lawful and what protections may apply.
