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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kate Connolly in Berlin

CDU seeks to win back German voters with its own Rwanda asylum plan

The Rwandan capital, Kigali.
The Rwandan capital, Kigali. The remarks by the CDU’s Jens Spahn suggest the UK’s Rwanda policy is gaining further traction internationally. Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images

Germany’s opposition conservatives are seeking to win back voters with a sweeping change to the country’s immigration and asylum policy, including plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Jens Spahn, a leading member of the Christian Democrats (CDU), said at the weekend that his party was in favour of the transportation of future refugees to third countries for processing of asylum applications such Ghana and Rwanda in Africa, or to non-EU European countries such as Moldova and Georgia.

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