Denmark's Housing Policy Faces EU Discrimination Charge

Denmark's policy to disperse residents from areas with large ethnic minorities is called discriminatory by an EU court adviser. The housing law aims for integration but faces backlash. At stake is the use of 'ethnic origin' in policy, with potential EU Court of Justice implications.

An adviser to the EU's top court claimed that Denmark's policy of dispersing residents from neighborhoods with large ethnic minority populations is discriminatory.

The 2018 housing legislation aims to promote integration in a country where migrants have found success in language and employment, but its implementation has sparked backlash.

At issue in the European Court of Justice is whether Denmark's classification of neighborhoods by 'ethnic origin' constitutes racial discrimination.