The Nøjsomhed-Sydvej estate in Helsingør,
The Nøjsomhed-Sydvej estate in Helsingør, whose former residents have launched a supreme court appeal against their eviction. Photograph: Boliggaarden
The Nøjsomhed-Sydvej estate in Helsingør, whose former residents have launched a supreme court appeal against their eviction. Photograph: Boliggaarden
Denmark’s top court to rule on ‘parallel societies’ after ‘non-western’ people evicted

Government claims removal of former residents of housing complex in Helsingør is unrelated to their ethnicity

Denmark’s supreme court is expected to rule on whether the state’s classification of residents with “non-western” backgrounds is covered by racial discrimination law.