By Carlos Torralba (
El Pais
)
Majken Felle is not willing to give up her accommodation.
Like many of her neighbors in Mjolnerparken, Copenhagen, the 48-year-old teacher has received dozens of letters warning her that she will soon have to move: the block of flats she lives in has been chosen to be sold to a private investor.
These eviction orders are part of a controversial legislation imposing to lower under 30%, in certain areas of the country, the proportion of “
non-Western
” inhabitants.
"
Obviously, I'm collateral damage
," exclaims Felle.
“
Expelling an ethnic Danish citizen like me is not the goal.
In 2018, the coalition government formed by the conservatives and the liberals passed a law intended to put an end to “
parallel societies in Denmark
”.
Each December, the Ministry of…
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