Denmark aims to launch first non-EU deportation centre by end of 2027
Immigration Minister Morten Bødskov said Denmark expects to be ready to transfer its first illegal migrants to a partner country outside the EU before 2027 ends.
Morten Bødskov, Denmark's minister for immigration and integration, convened a summit in Copenhagen with ministers from Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Greece to negotiate a first-ever partnership on a deportation centre located outside the EU. The discussion focused on concrete actions needed to formalise an agreement with a non-EU country that would host the facility. Bødskov indicated that Denmark expects to be prepared to dispatch its initial group of undocumented migrants to that partner nation before the end of 2027.
He framed the initiative as a way to curb costly asylum processing and send a clear signal to people-smugglers that illegal journeys to Europe will not yield benefits. The meeting represents a key step toward a broader EU strategy on external removal centres.
How this was covered
- Left-leaning outlets covered this 2h later
- The two sides describe this in almost entirely different words
Why it matters
It could reshape EU migration management by moving deportations outside the bloc.
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