Parliamentary allies have responded sceptically to an asylum proposal announced on Monday by the Social Democrats, Denmark’s largest opposition party.
According to the proposal, refugees would no longer have the option of claiming asylum ‘spontaneously’ at Denmark’s borders or asylum centres.
Instead, the Social Democrats want to send asylum seekers to a Danish-run facility in an unspecified country in North Africa while their cases are processed.
Parties that would be required to vote through the proposal in parliament, should the Social Democrats win the next general elections, were quick to speak out against the idea.