Denmark will limit the number of 'non-Western' residents in neighbourhoods to up to 30 percent to 'reduce the risk of religious and cultural parallel societies'. In the bill - a review of existing legislation on combating parallel societies - the interior ministry proposed that the share of residents of 'non-Western' origin in each neighbourhood be limited to a maximum of 30 percent within 10 years. He said however that the term 'ghetto', used to designate disadvantaged neighbourhoods, would be removed from the new legislation. I think it contributes to eclipsing the large amount of work that needs doing in these neighbourhoods,' he said. According to Statistics Denmark, 11 percent of Denmark's 5.8 million inhabitants are of foreign origin, of whom 58 percent are from a country considered 'non-Western'.

Source: Daily Mail March 17, 2021 15:15 UTC