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'This is the similar to the legal nonsense that the UK is pursuing in trying to pass a law which states that #Rwanda is safe which actually it is not,' said Catherine Woollard of ECRE. (Photo: Sara Prestianni)

EU states embedded 'Rwanda clause' into new asylum rules

A so-called 'Rwanda clause' slipped into the overhaul of EU asylum law will undermine the UN refugee convention, say critics.

Coined after failed efforts by the UK to offshore asylum to Rwanda, the EU Council, representing member states, embedded the clause into the regulation dealing with asylum procedures.

The bill has already generated criticism by campaigners, who say it will lead to a mushrooming of detention-like centres,...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

'This is the similar to the legal nonsense that the UK is pursuing in trying to pass a law which states that #Rwanda is safe which actually it is not,' said Catherine Woollard of ECRE. (Photo: Sara Prestianni)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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