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Why is Denmark separating ‘Western’ and ‘non-Western’ citizens?
Seven families from Helsingør, Denmark, are taking their former landlord to the country's Supreme Court, arguing that lease terminations under the 2018 'ghetto law' discriminated against them based on their or their parents' origin. The law targets social housing estates where more than half of residents are classified as 'non-Western,' affecting about 11,000 people who must leave their homes by 2030. A December 2025 EU court ruling said the 'non-Western' label could be linked to ethnicity, leaving Danish judges to decide whether the law violates Denmark's Equal Treatment Act.