Tag: inuit

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Danish eugenic tradition: Removing the inuit children and giving them to Danish foster parents

by mikaelhertig on november 23, 2024 in Grønland Danmark, Jura, Kolonialisme, Retspolitik • 0 Comments

Brutal removal of inuit children to Danish foster parents is still a tradition in Denmark. ‘ On 24 October, a Greenlandic woman local municipality authority in Denmark decided that her child, when it would later be born, should be handed over to the anxiously waiting foster parents, who apparently had no qualms about that procedure, shortly after birth. Thus,…

To EU commissioner Helena Dalli

by mikaelhertig on marts 17, 2023 in Anbringelser, Grønland Danmark, Jura • 2 Comments

EU Commission ECRI Mrs. Helena Dalli Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat 200 1049 Brussels Belgium Sønderborg, Denmark March 17 2023 Dear Mrs. Helena Dalli, allow me to address my deep concerns with regard to Inuit (Green-landers) living in Denmark. Denmark has ratified the ILO convention 169 and thus recognized Inuit as indigenous people. By doing so, the…