Mette Frederiksen: Deportation center outside the EU is close
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Thursday, November 12, 2026 • 11:52 AM UTC - in Denmark
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*Mette Frederiksen:* Return center outside the EU is close
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An agreement on a return center outside the EU could be presented next week, says Mette Frederiksen.
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is attending a meeting of the European Political Community in Dublin today, where she was received by Ireland's head of government, Micheal Martin. (Photo: © Cathal Mcnaughton, Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix)
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Ritzau ( [email protected] ) 27 minutes ago
Next week, new information will be announced regarding a return center outside the EU.
This was stated by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in connection with the meeting of the European Political Community in Dublin on Thursday.
- The negotiations are going very well, and we have come much closer to being able to establish a center outside Europe, which some of us have been working intensively on for a number of years.
- We can provide more details about this next week, says Mette Frederiksen.
According to Dutch media, Rwanda is expected to host the return center.
The Netherlands, like Denmark, is part of a group of five EU countries working to establish return centers outside the EU.
According to the Dutch media, the official announcement is expected to take place at a migration meeting in Austria's capital, Vienna, on Monday, November 16.
Austria, like Denmark and the Netherlands, is part of the group of five countries that have been working to establish return centers outside the EU.
The remaining two countries in the group are Germany and Greece.
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