COPENHAGEN Denmark on Thursday passed a law enabling it to process asylum seekers outside Europe, drawing anger from human rights advocates, the United…
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Denmark passes law to deport asylum seekers outside Europe
Denmark s parliament on Thursday passed a law enabling the Nordic country to relocate asylum seekers to countries outside Europe, defying calls to abandon the plans from NGOs and the United Nations, which fear an erosion of refugees rights, Reuters reported.
The move to pass the bill, with 70 lawmakers voting in favour and 24 against, is an apparent break with the European Union s efforts to overhaul Europe s broken migration and asylum rules, an extremely divisive subject within the bloc.
The bill would allow Denmark to move refugees arriving on Danish soil to asylum centres in a partner country, potentially outside Europe, where asylum seekers would have their asylum cases reviewed and possibly obtain protection in that country.