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Denmark Targets Migrants in 'Ghetto' Crackdown Ahead of EU Election


Denmark Targets Migrants in 'Ghetto' Crackdown Ahead of EU Election
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For many, the term 'ghetto' evokes the horrors of the Nazi persecution of the Jews. But in Denmark, the government has launched a crackdown on 30 run-down areas officially labeled as 'ghettoes,' all with high immigrant, Muslim populations. The policy has dismayed many liberal Danes, but as Henry Ridgwell reports from Copenhagen, immigration is playing a major role in the European Parliament elections this week, and issues like integration and identity are creating a fiery campaign.

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