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Earlier this year, a reporter went to Denmark to discover why the United Nations judged it the . The answer she found: trust. 鈥淚f we agree on something, you would live up to that,鈥� one Dane told her. Put simply, Danes have faith in one another.

Can that trust be expanded? An influx of migrants from Muslim countries has brought people who did not grow up riding bicycles everywhere or meticulously tending to immaculate gardens 鈥� in other words, being 鈥淒anish.鈥� These newcomers also have other traditions, such as headscarves for women. And while crime has fallen broadly in Denmark, organized crime, drug-related offenses, and crime against public officials have increased, a notes. The uptick has stoked fears.

So Denmark is rolling out new 鈥済hetto laws.鈥� One requires that children in high-immigrant areas be separated from their families for at least 25 hours a week for instruction in Danish values, . Another could double punishment for crimes in 鈥済hettos.鈥�

Denmark鈥檚 struggle is the West鈥檚 struggle. On one hand, that struggle can be cast as a battle to maintain treasured national traditions and values against onrushing demographic tides. But there鈥檚 a different view, too. The larger challenge of migration is the struggle to build a bigger 鈥渦s鈥� 鈥� to find a trust that extends beyond ethnic identities or spots on a map. Denmark has become a part of this test. To the degree that it can find a more universal basis for its trust, it can share its happiness with the world. 聽

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