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Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen arrives for an EU summit in Brussels
DENMARK voted to offshore refugee processing today in a move condemned by human rights campaigners, the UN High Commission for Refugees and the European Union.
The country’s unicameral parliament voted 70-24 to authorise the government to set up an asylum-processing centre in a third country, thought most likely to be in Africa.
The country’s Immigration Minister, Mattias Tesfaye, said that talks were underway with “a handful of countries” over establishing such a centre. Rwanda has been identified as a potential base.
Despite opposition from Greenland’s people and Denmark, Washington intends to control the Arctic territory one way or another. Strategic dominance, mineral wealth and military power are the driving forces at play, writes ROGER McKENZIE
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE