Denmark
As Denmark tears down homes in ‘non-Western’ areas to force assimilation, residents fight back in court
Denmark is taking a wrecking ball to people’s homes in neighborhoods where the government feels residents don’t share “Danish values.” A 2018 law allows the demolition of homes in communities designated as “parallel societies.” The underlying idea is “integration through dispersion” but this attempt at social engineering is raising hackles, and the country’s most vulnerable people seem to be left in the dust.
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Denmark pays students to go to college. But free education does have a price.
Borrowers in the US and the UK rack up the highest debt in the world. In Denmark, tuition is free and students are given grants to pay for things like food and housing. Hardly anyone takes out loans, but free education comes with a price.
Danish folk high schools offer lessons in peace in times of war
Over the last year, Ukrainian students have been studying in Danish folk high schools through a special endowment established soon after Russia invaded Ukraine. And a small group of Ukrainian visionaries are hoping to establish Ukraine’s first-ever folk high school.
Denmark welcomes Ukrainians under special law — with an expiration date
Denmark passed a special law last year that allows Ukrainians to bypass the asylum system and expedite the process of obtaining a two-year residency permit. But when the law expires in 2024, it remains unclear whether Denmark’s centrist government — with its overall, hard-line stance against immigration — will extend these temporary protections for Ukrainians.
‘The muses are not silent’: Ukraine House in Denmark offers space for arts, cultural exchange and dialogue
Ukraine House in Denmark opened its doors on Feb. 24 this year, on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion in Ukraine, with the aim to promote Ukraine’s cultural heritage and organize creative Danish-Ukrainian collaborations.
A ‘green road’ leads displaced Ukrainians to shelter in ecovillages
The Green Road project has helped over 3,000 displaced Ukrainians find safe housing in ecovillages throughout Ukraine and across Europe — including the idyllic, rural community of Hallingelille, just outside of Ringsted, in Denmark. The project is a testament to the power of international friendships and networks in times of crisis.
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