"The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Thursday found that Denmark's so-called "ghetto law" could be discriminatory, but said that the country's own courts need to decide if it goes too far. The law, passed in 2018, allows the government to reduce public housing in neighborhoods where most residents are from "non-Western" backgrounds. Denmark's government says the law was meant to help people integrate better by breaking up "parallel societies.""
"Danish law categorizes neighborhoods based on unemployment, crime, education, income, and immigrant population. Areas where more than half the residents are "non-Western" and have at least two social problems are called "transformation areas." A government list defines which countries are considered "Western," including all EU member states. Public housing groups must cut social housing by 40% in "transformation areas" by 2030. They do this by selling, tearing down, converting, or ending leases on the homes."
Denmark's law, passed in 2018, designates neighborhoods as 'transformation areas' when more than half the residents are from 'non‑Western' countries and at least two social problems exist. Public housing providers must cut social housing in those areas by 40% by 2030 through sales, demolition, conversions or terminating leases. Residents of Copenhagen's Mjolnerparken challenged evictions, arguing the measure disproportionately affects ethnic minorities. The European Court of Justice ruled national courts must determine whether the law's criteria amount to discrimination based on ethnic origin, noting that nationality or country of birth alone cannot establish ethnic origin under EU law. Rights groups and the UN criticized the policy.
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