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The Documentary Podcast

Denmark's Migrant Ghettos

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.32.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Denmark's efforts to better integrate its migrant population are attracting controversy at home, and abroad. Twenty nine housing districts, known as 'migrant ghettos', are now subject to special measures to tackle crime and unemployment, and encourage greater mixing between migrants and wider Danish society. In the run-up to Denmark's recent landmark election, Sahar Zand travelled to Copenhagen and witnessed immigration shaping the campaign debate, and questioned the country's politicians and migrants about these controversial policies.

(Image: Muslim immigrants cross the street in Copenhagen city centre. Credit: Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images)

Transcript

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0:00.0

They call it sports. In the middle of Denmark's capital Copenhagen, a group of people or white are playing some kind of ball game.

0:14.4

Except not with a ball. They're throwing and kicking a Quran.

0:21.4

A warning. today's assignment here on the BBC World Service

0:27.1

contains material that many people will find offensive because after the so-called sports the Aglemud Dawkins

0:37.1

further. We will now burn the holy Quran. The K-I-S-C-J-A-G-A-G-G-A-G-G-G-A-G-G-G-Gee!

0:48.0

Because of you, there is police everywhere.

0:49.8

How does it make it feel?

0:51.4

Well, I mean, the reason the police are here is that many, many people want to kill me

0:55.5

in an act of terrorism because I'm under a threat of my life for many, many radicalized

1:00.8

Islamists. This is Gasmus Palluden. He's chosen a time and place

1:07.2

to cause maximum offense to Danish Muslims. Across the square from here, away from the drunken singing, they're celebrating the end of the Ramadan fast.

1:17.0

Their actions right now are deeply offending to me and to most things.

1:22.0

Somebody from a very, very invasive... are deeply offending to me and to most things.

1:23.0

Somebody from a very, very invasive conquering religion

1:26.0

decide to manifest themselves on our city hall square in our capital.

1:31.0

That's a great provocation against us.

1:35.0

All of this was during Denmark's recent election campaign,

1:39.0

a contest to decide its new parliament and therefore its government. One where immigration was

1:46.7

centre stage. I'm Sahar Zand and for assignment I'm exploring a hardening attitude towards immigrants, especially Muslims in a

1:57.5

country usually known as one of the world's most tolerant.

2:01.1

What do you think should happen to the Muslims in this country?

2:04.0

I think they should be helped to relocate to their own home countries.

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