22 Greenlandic children were taken from their families and sent to Denmark to leave the “Greenlandic”. Since then, they were scheduled to return to Greenland as a Danish-speaking elite. They were placed in an orphanage in the capital Nuuk and refused to speak their mother tongue.
The experiment had major consequences for the children. Half had mental problems and struggled with drug addiction, many had a short life and fewer than half took education.
The six who are still alive are now demanding compensation from the Danish state, he writes Politics.
– They lost their family life, their language, culture and belonging. It is also a violation of their right to have a private and family life according to Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, says lawyer Mads Krøger Pramming to the newspaper.
The group demands 250,000 Danish kroner, almost 340,000 Norwegian kroner, for each of the survivors if the case is not to be taken to court. The Prime Minister’s office has 14 days to respond, writes Politiken.
Last year, the Danish government and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen officially apologized to the group, both in writing and from the rostrum in the Folketing.
– We can not change the past. But we can take responsibility and apologize for those we failed, she said.
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