Overview

• Under Danish law, social housing estates with more than half non-Western residents are designated as 'parallel societies' and can face demolitions, restrictions on new tenancies, and evictions.
• The legislation is currently being challenged at the European Court of Justice by human rights groups on grounds of ethnic discrimination.
• Speaking at the Policy Exchange, Badenoch insisted that assimilation should replace passive integration as the cornerstone of the UK’s immigration strategy.
• She proposed reducing state intervention outside policing and defence and urged communities to assume greater responsibility for promoting stable family structures.
• Conservative officials view her stance as part of a broader effort to appeal to socially conservative voters in competition with Reform UK.