Germany and four other European Union countries have agreed to establish a deportation center in Rwanda, reports AFP.
According to him, an official announcement is expected on Monday, November 16. In addition to Germany, Austria, Greece, Denmark and the Netherlands will take part in the agreement.
The future deportation center is planned to send people whose asylum claims have been rejected but who cannot be deported to their countries of origin. The work of the center will be based on the new EU regulation on the deportation of immigrants, which was approved by the European Parliament in June.
Human rights activists criticize the idea of establishing such centers. Thus, Martha Wallander of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) said the new EU regulation could normalize the detention of migrants "in prison-type institutions outside the EU" and warned that people could be deported to countries where they risk "persecution, torture or worse".
In the past it was reported that in addition to Rwanda, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Uganda were also considered as third countries that could host deportation centers from the European Union.