The conservative Dutch government is weighing a plan to send rejected African asylum seekers to Uganda, the country’s trade and development minister said late on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Reinette Klever unveiled the idea during a visit to the East African country, but it was not immediately clear whether such a plan would be legal or feasible, or whether Uganda would be amenable to it.<\/p>\n
“We are open to any discussions,” Ugandan Foreign Affairs Minister Jeje Odongo said in an interview with Dutch broadcaster NOS.<\/p>\n
The plan follows\u00a0a European trend to create “return hubs”\u00a0outside the EU, housing rejected asylum seekers before returning them to their home countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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