Article 6V87V Denmark tears down homes in 'non-Western' neighborhoods to force assimilation

Denmark tears down homes in 'non-Western' neighborhoods to force assimilation

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Denmark is taking a wrecking ball to people's homes in neighborhoods where the government says residents don't share Danish values." A law that came into effect six years ago allows the demolition of homes in communities designated "parallel societies." The underlying idea is called "integration through dispersion" but as the world's Joshua Coe reports, this attempt at social engineering is raising concerns, and the country's most-vulnerable people seem to be left in the dust.

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