https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The government late on Tuesday announced it will not go ahead with plans to open a so-called departure or expulsion centre on Langeland, in the face of fierce opposition in parliament and from the island's local community. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210526/denmark-scraps-plan-for-langeland-expulsion-centre Wed, 26 May 2021 10:33:14 +0200 denmark-scraps-plan-for-langeland-expulsion-centre Politicians, local representatives and experts reacted on Wednesday to the Danish government's announcement of plans to establish a new facility known as a departure or expulsion centre to accommodate foreign nationals with criminal records who are awaiting deportation. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210520/plan-for-new-expulsion-centre-reignites-debate-over-denmarks-treatment-of-unwanted-foreigners Thu, 20 May 2021 21:49:47 +0200 plan-for-new-expulsion-centre-reignites-debate-over-denmarks-treatment-of-unwanted-foreigners The Danish government on Wednesday announced plans for a new facility known as a departure or expulsion centre to accommodate foreign nationals with criminal records who are awaiting deportation. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210519/denmark-announces-new-expulsion-centre-for-foreigners-with-deportation-sentences Wed, 19 May 2021 18:28:22 +0200 denmark-announces-new-expulsion-centre-for-foreigners-with-deportation-sentences A Chinese international student said she has been left traumatised after she reported herself to Danish authorities due to a visa overstay and was subsequently placed at Ellebæk, a detention centre for people without legal right to be in the country. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210216/denmark-imprisons-international-student-at-migrant-facility-after-visa-overstay Tue, 16 Feb 2021 15:35:08 +0100 denmark-imprisons-international-student-at-migrant-facility-after-visa-overstay Plans to accommodate ‘unwanted' migrants on Lindholm, an uninhabited Danish island, have been officially scrapped by the Social Democratic government. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190920/denmark-ends-plan-for-deserted-island-deportation-facility Fri, 20 Sep 2019 19:14:03 +0200 denmark-ends-plan-for-deserted-island-deportation-facility A Danish Red Cross report has found that a large proportion of children accommodated at a centre for rejected asylum seekers have problems ranging from difficulty sleeping to loss of appetite. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190405/over-half-of-children-at-danish-refugee-expulsion-centre-have-symptoms-of-mental-health-problems-red-cross Fri, 05 Apr 2019 20:01:03 +0200 over-half-of-children-at-danish-refugee-expulsion-centre-have-symptoms-of-mental-health-problems-red-cross Politicians have said that children should be allowed boiled vegetables at asylum facilities after a video was posted online showing a five-year-old boy apparently being refused certain types of food at the Sjælsmark Departure Centre. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190108/danish-politicians-comment-on-potato-and-broccoli-asylum-centre-debate Tue, 08 Jan 2019 13:02:02 +0100 danish-politicians-comment-on-potato-and-broccoli-asylum-centre-debate A video which appeared to show a five-year-old boy being refused boiled vegetables at the Sjælsmark Departure Centre for rejected asylum seekers has sparked new debate over treatment of people refused refugee status in Denmark. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190104/potato-and-broccoli-video-sparks-new-debate-over-treatment-of-denmarks-rejected-asylum-seekers Fri, 04 Jan 2019 17:10:03 +0100 potato-and-broccoli-video-sparks-new-debate-over-treatment-of-denmarks-rejected-asylum-seekers The United Nations’ human rights chief has voiced her concern over Denmark’s plan to place foreign nationals convicted of crimes and sentenced to deportation on a deserted island. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181206/un-concerned-over-denmarks-plan-to-banish-foreign-convicts-to-deserted-island Thu, 06 Dec 2018 19:17:27 +0100 un-concerned-over-denmarks-plan-to-banish-foreign-convicts-to-deserted-island Foreign nationals convicted of crimes and sentenced to deportation are to be accommodated on a deserted island, Denmark’s government announced on Friday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181201/denmark-to-banish-foreign-convicted-criminals-to-deserted-island Sat, 01 Dec 2018 15:45:14 +0100 denmark-to-banish-foreign-convicted-criminals-to-deserted-island Mayors in the municipalities in which Denmark’s 'expulsion centres' for rejected asylum seekers are located have added their voices to those calling for the facilities to be shut down. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180717/danish-mayors-call-for-closure-of-asylum-expulsion-centres Tue, 17 Jul 2018 14:48:59 +0200 danish-mayors-call-for-closure-of-asylum-expulsion-centres About seven kilometers from Bording, a local station in Jutland, I cycled with two friends to Kærshovedgård, the former-prison-turned-deportation facility. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180606/the-middle-of-nowhere-inside-denmarks-krshovedgrd-deportation-camp Wed, 06 Jun 2018 15:13:49 +0200 the-middle-of-nowhere-inside-denmarks-krshovedgrd-deportation-camp Rejected asylum seekers and other foreign citizens facing deportation due to criminality at the controversial Kærshovedgård expulsion centre failed to meet registration requirements on thousands of occasions, according to a report. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180313/rejected-asylum-seekers-at-danish-expulsion-centre-missed-registration-10000-times-report Tue, 13 Mar 2018 12:52:41 +0100 rejected-asylum-seekers-at-danish-expulsion-centre-missed-registration-10000-times-report