European proposals to outsource asylum centres condemned
Officials of northern African countries, rights groups, and the UNHCR chief have condemned European proposals to set up offshore processing centres to screen refugees, a subject expected to take centre stage as the EU begins a two-day summit in Brussels on Thursday. The 28-member bloc, which is deeply divided over how to stem the refugee flow, will discuss what it terms "disembarkation platforms" in countries such as Niger, Libya, Tunisia, […]