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The Danish government is shelving plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.

The establishment of a Danish reception center in the East African country has been postponed until further notice, while the government is seeking support from the EU. The parties in the new government have reached a compromise on this, said Foreign Affairs and Integration Minister Kaare Dybvad of the online newspaper Altinget.

Negotiations on setting up a center in Rwanda are currently not taking place.

Before the Danish parliamentary elections at the beginning of November, the then government of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen worked intensively to advance the Rwandan plans. It was considered one of their prestigious projects. Your then left-wing supporters, on the other hand, had stormed loudly.

However, in June 2021, a majority in the Danish parliament passed a law that would allow asylum centers in other countries. This allows the authorities to fly asylum seekers to third countries where they have to wait for their application to be processed in Denmark.

Frederiksen is still in power in Copenhagen, but no longer in a purely social-democratic minority government, but in a coalition with the liberal Venstre and the center party De Moderates. The three sides made no mention of Rwanda in their government’s base, which was presented in mid-December.

Instead, they only wrote that a reception center should be set up outside Europe in cooperation with the EU or a number of other countries. (sda/dpa)