In Denmark, they came up with a way to get rid of the ghetto

In Denmark, they suggested doubling the punishment for crimes committed in the so-called ghetto. This is reported by The Local.

The country's parliament will consider a bill on which such punishments in dysfunctional places, such as vandalism, will be punished more severely than usual. According to Justice Minister Søren Pape Poulsen, such measures will help reduce crime in criminal areas.

He said that the government still has to clarify what exactly the atrocities will be punished doubly. Palsen added that the state will not determine the "unfairness" of the crime area, this responsibility will be assumed by local police.

In early January, in a traditional New Year's speech, Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen announced the need to make efforts to reduce the level of crime in disadvantaged areas, which he called the ghetto.

In December 2017, the Danish Ministry of Transport and Construction set the criteria by which certain places can be called potentially more dangerous. These include areas in which more than 50 percent of the residents are non-Western migrants; more than 40 percent of the adult population are unemployed; more than 50 percent have only secondary education.