00:00Five EU countries are seeking a deal with an unnamed nation to host a return hub for migrants whose asylum
00:07applications are rejected.
00:09Denmark, Greece, Austria, Germany and the Netherlands agreed to the initiative at talks in Copenhagen.
00:16Around New Year we expect to have a common understanding with a partner country outside of the European Union.
00:23The EU legal framework is in place for the establishment of a return hub model and as today's guiding principles
00:35forms the basis for the way forward seen from a Danish perspective we expect to be ready to transfer the
00:43first irregular migrants to a partner country outside the European Union within 2027.
00:53Under the current system many rejected migrants can't be deported for legal or humanitarian reasons and find themselves trapped in
01:03legal limbo.
01:06I mean that's why it is not a small story. We are transforming EU asylum and migration policy in this
01:13process here.
01:14The partner country hasn't been disclosed but Uganda and Rwanda are seen as possibilities.
01:22The idea has been severely criticised by human rights groups.
