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Denmark apologises to children of failed social experiment

Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen reacts during an event where she apologized personally to six Greenlandic Inuit

Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen reacts during an event where she apologized personally to six Greenlandic Inuit Source: AAP / Liselotte Sabroe/EPA

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Inuit Greenlanders – moved to Denmark to become ‘model Greenlanders’ – will finally receive compensation and an in-person apology for the destruction of their lives.

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