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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12733

4 June 2021
SECTORAL POLICIES / Migration
European Commission concerned about Denmark’s decision to externalise asylum policy
Brussels, 03/06/2021 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission has expressed its “concerns” about the national law adopted on Thursday 3 June by the Danish Parliament to externalise asylum policy and send people who have come to Denmark to apply for asylum to a third country.

This externalisation of asylum policy does not correspond to European standards and raises “fundamental questions”, particularly regarding its compatibility with international obligations, said Adalbert Jahnz, the institution’s spokesman in...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
EXTERNAL ACTION
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
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EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
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