RE: How Europe will try to save Greenland from Trump9 Jan 2026 07:40
Try again. Didn't copy okay. Daily Mail.
"All the girls were ordered to line up outside a room without having an idea what was to happen to them. As they emerged, a few minutes later, they were crying, for without any consultation with their parents, they had been fitted with contraceptive coils.
It later emerged that they were victims of a chilling Danish government plan to save costs on welfare, housing, health and education by limiting the Inuit population to about 50,000.
It worked to good effect. Today, the world's biggest island – a landmass nine times bigger than the UK – has around 57,000 inhabitants: fewer than Margate in Kent.
It was only after she met Aviaja's father, in her early 20s, and they failed to conceive, that Hedvig discovered what had been done to her. Thankfully, after the device was removed, they were able to have Aviaja, now 40.
Small wonder that Hedvig and her daughter – along with 75 per cent of native Greenlanders, according to a poll last year – would welcome independence."