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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent

Netherlands mulls sending rejected African asylum seekers to Uganda

A participant in a July 2023 rally in The Hague calling for safer reception locations for vulnerable asylum seekers, including LGBTI people
A participant in a July 2023 rally in The Hague calling for safer reception locations for vulnerable asylum seekers, including LGBTI people. Photograph: ANP/Alamy

The Dutch coalition government, headed by Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom party (PVV), is considering sending Africans whose asylum requests are rejected to Uganda, in plans that opposition politicians have said are “totally unfeasible”.

During a visit this week to the East African country, the Dutch minister for trade and development, Reinette Klever, said the cabinet was exploring the ideaand that Uganda was “not averse” to it, the Dutch public broadcaster Nos reported on Wednesday.

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