Denmark in talks with Rwanda over sending asylum seekers

Denmark has confirmed that it is in talks with Rwanda about transferring asylum seekers there, following a similar move announced by the UK last week.

Denmark, which has introduced increasingly harsh immigration policies in the last decade, passed a law last year that allows refugees arriving on Danish soil to be moved to asylum centres in a partner country.

The move drew criticism from human rights advocates, the United Nations and the European Commission.

Denmark failed to find a partner country at that time.