Editing Denmark (section)

=== Vulnerable residential areas ===
{{Main|Immigration to Denmark|Vulnerable residential area (Denmark)}}[[File:Janni_Milsted_fra_Mjoelnerparken_i_Koebenhavn_viser_et_projekt_frem,_hvor_beboerne_har_vaeret_med_til_at_plante_krydderurter_og_baerbuske_i_store_kasser_i_de_fire_garde_i_Mjoelnerparken.jpg|thumb|[[Mjølnerparken]] in Copenhagen]]

Certain [[social housing]] districts in Denmark fulfilling specific statistical criteria of relatively low employment, school attendance, relatively low income, a relatively low educational level or relatively many convicted inhabitants are officially listed by the government as [[Vulnerable residential area (Denmark)|vulnerable residential areas]]. In some cases, the majority of the neighbourhoods consist of non-Western immigrants and their descendants. Over the years, several government initiatives have been taken to further integration and counter [[urban decay]] in these neighbourhoods. Major plans to this end were presented in 1994 and 2000 by the governments of [[Poul Nyrup Rasmussen]], in 2004 by the [[Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet]], in 2010 by the [[Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet]], in 2013 by the [[Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet|Helle Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet]], in 2018 by the [[Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet]], and in 2021 by the [[Frederiksen I Cabinet|Mette Frederiksen I Cabinet]].<ref name="DenOffentlige">{{cite news |last1=Allentoft |first1=Nick |title=Regeringer har lanceret ghettoplaner seks gange på 25 år |url=https://www.denoffentlige.dk/bloggere/ritzau-1/regeringer-har-lanceret-ghettoplaner-seks-gange-paa-25-aar |access-date=4 February 2023 |work=www.denoffentlige.dk |publisher=DenOffentlige |date=2 January 2018 |language=da |archive-date=5 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205165022/https://www.denoffentlige.dk/bloggere/ritzau-1/regeringer-har-lanceret-ghettoplaner-seks-gange-paa-25-aar |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Politisk flertal opfinder helt ny kategori for boligområder i kampen mod parallelsamfund |url=https://politiken.dk/indland/art8247871/Politisk-flertal-opfinder-helt-ny-kategori-for-boligomr%C3%A5der-i-kampen-mod-parallelsamfund |access-date=4 February 2023 |work=Politiken |date=15 June 2021 |language=da-DK |archive-date=5 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205165020/https://politiken.dk/indland/art8247871/Politisk-flertal-opfinder-helt-ny-kategori-for-boligomr%C3%A5der-i-kampen-mod-parallelsamfund |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Time">{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5328347/denmark-ghettos-policies/|title=What to Know About Denmark's Plan to End Immigrant "Ghettos"|magazine=Time|access-date=4 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705155619/http://time.com/5328347/denmark-ghettos-policies/|archive-date=5 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Some of the policies have been criticised for undercutting 'equality before law' and for portraying immigrants, especially Muslim immigrants, in a bad light.<ref name="NPR" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/world/2018/7/3/17525960/denmark-children-immigrant-muslim-danish-ghetto|title='No ghettos in 2030': Denmark's controversial plan to get rid of immigrant neighborhoods|work=Vox|access-date=4 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704182731/https://www.vox.com/world/2018/7/3/17525960/denmark-children-immigrant-muslim-danish-ghetto|archive-date=4 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the years 2010–2021, the term "[[ghetto]]" was used officially to designate some or all of the vulnerable areas.<ref name="NPR">{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/03/30/593979013/in-denmark-s-plan-to-rid-country-of-ghettos-some-immigrants-hear-go-home?t=1530707460545|title=In Denmark's Plan To Rid Country Of 'Ghettos,' Some Immigrants Hear 'Go Home'|work=NPR.org|access-date=4 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704212942/https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/03/30/593979013/in-denmark-s-plan-to-rid-country-of-ghettos-some-immigrants-hear-go-home?t=1530707460545|archive-date=4 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The term was considered controversial, however, and removed in 2021.<ref name=Dybvad1>[https://www.thelocal.dk/20190709/denmarks-housing-minister-wants-to-scrap-ghetto-label-for-underprivileged-areas Thelocal.dk. ''Denmark's housing minister wants to scrap 'ghetto' label for underprivileged areas.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211055024/https://www.thelocal.dk/20190709/denmarks-housing-minister-wants-to-scrap-ghetto-label-for-underprivileged-areas |date=11 December 2023 }} Retrieved 5 April 2020</ref><ref name= Dybvad2>[https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/ny-boligminister-vil-undga-ordet-ghetto DR. ''Ny boligminister vil undgå ordet 'ghetto'.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112011714/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/ny-boligminister-vil-undga-ordet-ghetto |date=12 November 2020 }} (in Danish) Retrieved 6 April 2020</ref><ref name=BL2>[https://bl.dk/politik-og-analyser/temaer/her-er-listen-over-parallelsamfund/ Danmarks Almene Boliger. ''Ghettolisten eller Parallelsamfundslisterne.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208221616/https://bl.dk/politik-og-analyser/temaer/her-er-listen-over-parallelsamfund/ |date=8 December 2023 }} (in Danish) Retrieved 28 April 2022.</ref> Denmark is the only country to have officially used the word 'ghetto' in the 21st century to denote certain residential areas.<ref name="Reuters">{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-denmark-immigration-widerimage/in-danish-ghettos-immigrants-feel-stigmatized-and-shut-out-idUSKCN1IU1DS|title=In Danish 'ghettos', immigrants feel stigmatized and shut out|last=Nielson|first=Emil Gjerding|work=U.S.|access-date=4 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704212835/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-denmark-immigration-widerimage/in-danish-ghettos-immigrants-feel-stigmatized-and-shut-out-idUSKCN1IU1DS|archive-date=4 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> From 2021, four different lists are published, depending on the residents' income levels, employment status, education levels, criminal convictions and origin (a statistical criterion based on parents' geographical birthplace and citizenship).<ref name="NYT">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/01/world/europe/denmark-immigrant-ghettos.html|title=In Denmark, Harsh New Laws for Immigrant 'Ghettos'|newspaper=The New York Times |date=2 July 2018 |access-date=4 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706100907/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/01/world/europe/denmark-immigrant-ghettos.html|archive-date=6 July 2018|url-status=live|last1=Barry |first1=Ellen |last2=Sorensen |first2=Martin Selsoe }}</ref><ref name="NPR" /><ref name="BBC">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43214596|title=Danes to double penalty for ghetto crime|date=27 February 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=4 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718180541/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43214596|archive-date=18 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2023, there were 19 vulnerable residential areas in Denmark.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nu går indsatserne i parallelsamfundene ind i en afgørende fase |url=https://sm.dk/nyheder/nyhedsarkiv/2023/dec/nu-gaar-indsatserne-i-parallelsamfundene-ind-i-en-afgoerende-fase |website=sm.dk |publisher=Ministry of Social Affairs, Housing and Senior Citizens |access-date=4 December 2023 |language=da |archive-date=4 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204152447/https://sm.dk/nyheder/nyhedsarkiv/2023/dec/nu-gaar-indsatserne-i-parallelsamfundene-ind-i-en-afgoerende-fase |url-status=live }}</ref>