Denmark signed a deal with Rwanda, delaying a “joint ambition” to collaborate on asylum and that they will set up a mechanism that could transfer seekers to Rwanda from Denmark, the government has announced.
“We’re working on creating a more fair asylum system and we’re taking new steps,” Kaare Dybvad, Denmark’s minister for foreigners and integration, said in Friday’s statement. “It’s important that we don’t rush things through, but that we work thoroughly to reach an agreement in accordance with Denmark’s and Rwanda’s international commitments.”
The news follows a controversy around a similar plan by the UK, with critics saying it a moral failure as well as a possible human rights violation.
