Austria, Germany, Greece, Denmark and the Netherlands decided to open a center for the deportation of immigrants in Rwanda. Politico.
The agreement will only apply to those who have exhausted all legal opportunities to obtain a residence permit in the European Union and were refused. The center in Rwanda will be a pilot project after which agreements are expected with other countries and with the participation of other EU members.
The specific conditions of the program, including the citizenship of the people who will be transferred to the centers, the conditions of their detention and the supervision mechanisms, are subject to further agreement between the parties. The legal basis for the initiative was the recent reform of the European rules on the return of migrants. It allows the conclusion of similar agreements with third countries.
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