Germany opposed UK plans under which asylum-seekers could be deported to special centres outside the EU, arguing that they could make the asylum crisis worse, the Independent reported.
The blueprint, put forward by UK's Minister for Home Affairs David Blunkett on Friday at an informal Justice and Home Affairs Council held in Athens, would allow for reception centres to be set up in countries such as Albania, Ukraine and even Romania. Only those asylum-seekers whose applications were suc...
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