Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Scanpix DenmarkParliamentary allies have responded sceptically to an asylum proposal announced on Monday by the Social Democrats, Denmark's largest opposition party. According to the proposal, refugees would no longer have the option of claiming asylum 'spontaneously' at Denmark's borders or asylum centres. Instead, the Social Democrats want to send asylum seekers to a Danish-run facility in an unspecified country in North Africa while their cases are processed. Although the Social Democrats believe their proposal to meet international rights commitments, Schmidt-Nielsen expressed her doubt over this claim. "I think the Social Democrats are very much alone in thinking this conforms with human rights," she said.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 05, 2018 13:28 UTC