| Social and community workers close to the immigrant community are warning that this country could soon be suffering a wave of crime, violence and street riots unlike anything ever experienced before, unless something is done to halt the explosive growth of immigrant ghettos. Lise Egholm, the head of RÃ¥dmandsgade School in the centre of one of the country’s largest ghettos, MjÞlnerparken in Copenhagen - where 97% of all residents are from an ethnic minority - termed it a ’political scandal’ that crime-ridden ghettoes have been allowed to flourish, and warned that the immigrant domination of public-housing projects is a ’ticking time-bomb’ that could go off at any minute. She was backed by two local police officers who have set up a community project within MjÞlnerparken in an effort to get young immigrants off the streets, but which is already heading for failure. One of the officers, Martin Rhodemejer, said that the Danish population is heading for a ’massive shock’. ’Normal, law-abiding citizens have no idea of the gravity of the situation. Young immigrant criminals don’t care about Danish society, the Danish judicial system, or Danish values. The fuse is primed and waiting to be lit,’ Rhodemejer warned. Leading immigrant politician Naser Khader said he was ’deeply concerned’ about the situation. ’Integration efforts have to improve and we can start by drastically changing current housing policies. Ghettoes should become just as much an election issue as health and welfare. If we just stand by and watch, then this country will experience riots on a level with those we’ve only previously seen abroad,’ he warned. |