Denmark’s prison system is under strain with the authorities struggling to recruit guardsDenmark plans to rent a prison in Kosovo to house 300 foreign criminals slated for deportation, in possibly one of the first initiatives of its kind in Europe. The jail, overseen by Danish wardens and subject to Danish laws, would be reserved for non-European convicts, most of whom would then be returned to their countries of origin once they have served their sentences. SponsoredThe measure is the latest tough immigration policy enacted under Mette Frederiksen, 44, the country’s Social Democratic prime minister. Her administration has begun returning refugees to parts of Syria, passed a law to strip certain migrant groups of their benefits if they fail to get full-time jobs, and declared that it wants to reduce the number of asylum seekers arriving each

Source: The Times December 17, 2021 01:38 UTC