Denmark will force 'unwanted' migrants onto an island currently used to research diseased animals

Denmark immigration policy.
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Denmark can't seem to legally ditch its most "unwanted" migrants. So it's settling for pushing them onto a tiny, remote island currently used for researching and then cremating diseased animals.

The country's government and Danish People's Party, both on the political right, announced a new purpose for the 17-acre Lindholm Island on Friday. It'll be the new home of up to 100 "foreigners who have been convicted of crimes and rejected asylum seekers" who legally can't return home, The New York Times writes.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.