Six Inuit were taken from their families in Greenland and brought to Denmark 70 years ago, they demanded compensation from Copenhagen for their lost childhood.
In 1951, Denmark took The 22 children from the former colony stayed away from their families, promising them a better life and the opportunity to return to Greenland as part of the new Danish educational elite.
Six of the 22 survivors are in their 70s. In a letter to the Danish Prime Minister, each demanded 33,600 euros (28,200 pounds) in compensation.
“They have lost their family, language, culture and sense of belonging,” their lawyer Mads Pramming told Politiken.
Once they return Greenland, Even if they have parents, they are placed in an orphanage. Many of them have completely lost contact with their families.
Praming said, “This is an infringement of their private and family life rights” and conforms to the European Convention on Human Rights. He added that he will give the prime minister’s office two weeks to respond, after which he will file a lawsuit.
Greenland was a Danish colony before 1953, but it is now autonomous.
In December last year, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen formally apologized, stating: “We cannot change what has happened, but we can take our own responsibilities and offer to those who we should have taken care of but failed. People apologize.”
The Danish Minister of Social Affairs, Astrid Krag (Astrid Krag) told Politiken that an apology is the “key” and that “the important thing is that we learn from the mistakes of the past so that history does not repeat itself”.
