(Local) Denmark’s government is to separately classify people from or with heritage in primarily Muslim countries and regions in official statistics related to topics such as crime and employment.
Immigration and integration minister Mattias Tesfaye has signalled his support for the statistical differentiation of people in Denmark with Middle Eastern and North African heritage.
Categorising people according to region is beneficial in understanding patterns of crime and employment in people in Denmark with foreign heritage (indvandrere og efterkommere), the minister said in an interview with newspaper Berlingske.
