This week, a delegation of Danish parliamentarians secured a rare opportunity to visit Australia’s largest offshore detention center, on the tiny island-nation of Nauru, and find out whether a similar approach could work for Europe.
All asylum-seekers in Australia are brought to Nauru while the applications are being processed. Once their claims are approved, they are given the opportunity to either resettle in Cambodia or remain on the island. In 2015, Cambodia agreed to take refugees from Nauru in return for $40 million in aid from Australia.
“Australia has found an interesting model,” said Martin Henriksen, one of six Danish politicians who will visit Nauru and a member of the anti-immigration Danish People’s Party. He suggested on Danish radio that Denmark could maintain offsite refugee camps in Kenya or Greenland.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/08/24/australia-treats-refugees-horribly-but-denmark-wants-a-peek-at-that-playbook/
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[–] 8_billion_eaters 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
A little bit late for that, isn't it? It's like the Captain of the Titanic considering a new course after striking the iceberg.