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Denmark announced plans last winter to re-assess a parental competency test that had earned heavy criticism. The test is based on Danish cultural norms, and when it was given to Greenlandic Inuit parents the result was removing a disproportionate number of kids from their families. Inuit rights campaigner Tina Naamansen told Host Marco Werman last winter about the impact those foster care placements had on Inuit families.
This story originally aired on Jan. 21, 2025.