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It’s unclear whether or not the Netherlands has requested Uganda if the nation is contemplating serving as such a return hub, the place rejected asylum seekers should look forward to deportation to their nation of origin. Minister Reinette Klever for International Commerce and Improvement Help has held talks within the East African nation “and primarily based on that, the thought has been introduced ahead,” is the one factor Schoof was keen to say about it.
“That concept is now being additional developed, however after all you want at the least two international locations to work this out. It matches inside the line of modern options, of return hubs,” stated Schoof.
The ‘return hubs’ have been a much-discussed subject at Thursday’s EU summit of presidency leaders. They’re reception facilities outdoors the EU the place rejected asylum seekers must wait for his or her return to their nation of origin. The query is whether or not EU guidelines already enable this.
“It isn’t easy,” warns Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Fee member states with concepts for this. For example, it’s nonetheless utterly unclear how lengthy those that have exhausted their authorized choices can be allowed to stay there and what ought to occur to them if return proves not possible.
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