Denmark Cracks Down on "Parallel Societies"
by Soeren Kern
March 23, 2021 at 5:00 am
"As a society, for too many years we have not made the necessary demands of newcomers. We have had far too low expectations for the refugees and immigrants who came to Denmark. We have not made sufficiently tangible demands on jobs and self-sufficiency. Therefore,
too many immigrants have ended up in prolonged inactivity." — Danish government report, "Showdown with Parallel Societies."
The number of residential areas on the government's most recent "ghetto list," published in December 2020, has declined by half in three years, from 29 in 2018 to 15 in 2020. The number of "hardened ghettos" has declined from 15 in 2018 to 13 in 2020.
Interior and Housing Minister Kaare Dybvad Bek attributed the decline mainly to more people finding employment or pursuing an education.
"As a society, we must step more into character and stick to our Danish values.
We must not accept that democracy is replaced with hatred in parallel societies.
Radicalization must not be protected.
It must be revealed." — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
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