Refugee Agreement: Minister for Foreigners and Integration to visit Rwanda on Thursday to expand cooperation
Official sources, as reported by Denmark 24, revealed that the Minister for Immigration and Integration, Kaar Dybvad Bek, and the Minister for Development Cooperation, Flemming Møller Mortensen, will visit Rwanda in the coming days. During the visit, the two ministers will discuss opportunities to expand cooperation between Denmark and Rwanda, continuing the two cooperation agreements that Denmark concluded with Rwanda last year, which relate to the green solutions file and the asylum and migration file.
Minister for Immigration and Integration Kare Dybvad's visit will begin on Thursday, with the minister's program including a visit to the Nyabiheke refugee camp and a Danish-backed project that will create jobs for refugees in Rwanda. While Minister for Development Cooperation Flemming Møller Mortensen is currently attending the G20 meeting in Indonesia, which focuses on the green transition, he will join his colleague on the Rwandan visit on Friday. During Friday, the two ministers will hold meetings with Rwandan ministers, including the Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Rwandan Minister of the Environment.
Minister for Immigration and Integration, Kaar Dybvad Bæk, stated: “I am looking forward to visiting Rwanda as Minister for Immigration and Integration. It is a country with nearly 130,000 refugees, bearing a tremendous responsibility, and has repeatedly received international praise for its commitment to the refugee agenda, including from the UNHCR. Therefore, it makes perfect sense that we support Rwanda’s important work and work together to create an asylum system that better assists more refugees than it does today.” Minister for Development, Flemming Møller Mortensen, added: “Denmark and Rwanda have a number of shared interests, and it is clear that we are expanding our cooperation. The government is therefore also establishing a project office in Kigali so that we can strengthen cooperation between our two countries through a permanent Danish presence in Rwanda. We are already contributing to activities that support Rwanda’s green transition. I look forward to discussing whether there is more we can do, such as further promoting the green agenda. In addition, there is potential for us to strengthen our efforts for refugees in the surrounding regions, which is a shared priority for Denmark and Rwanda.“.
