EU court says Denmark's ethnic-based 'ghetto law' may be discriminatory

FILE PHOTO: The entrance of the European Court of Justice is pictured in Luxembourg, January 26, 2017. Picture taken January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo

COPENHAGEN, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The EU's top court ruled on Thursday that Denmark's 2018 "ghetto law," which relocates residents from minority-heavy areas, could amount to ethnic discrimination, dealing a blow to the country's integration policy.

While many European governments once considered Denmark's immigration policies too strict, the Nordic country has recently come to be viewed as a pioneerinspiring an overhaul in other countries.