Aug. 18 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Denmark is planning to open an office in Rwanda in its plans to set up an asylum center outside the European Union and thus alleviate the demand for applications it receives from people seeking refuge.
The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that the office will be headed by two diplomats and will be located in Kigali, the capital, a controversial measure reminiscent of that of the United Kingdom, where the Conservative government has plans to send to Rwanda those who apply for asylum.
In Denmark, one of the countries with the strictest immigration laws in Europe, the Social Democrats who govern in the minority do not seem to have the support of the rest of the parties in Parliament on this matter, so it is not clear that the plan can come out ahead.
Last year, Denmark signed an agreement with Rwanda to help finance its reception system, but the two sides stopped short of establishing an asylum center for those seeking refuge in the Nordic country.
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