Denmark: 'Unacceptable for people': Danish asylum centre slammed in anti-torture report

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"The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture published on Tuesday a highly critical report on a detention centre in Denmark."

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'Unacceptable for people': Danish asylum centre slammed in anti-torture report (The Local, link):

"The committee called the centre at Ellebæk in North Zealand “unacceptable for people”.

...The report is based on visits to Ellebæk and other detention centres including Nykøbing Falster Arrest.

Both facilities house migrants who are under arrest based on Denmark’s immigration laws (Udlændingeloven), but not for committing crimes."

See: Report to the Danish Government on the visit to Denmark carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhumanor Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 3 to 12 April 2019 (pdf)

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