Tom Berendsen to replace Bart van den Brink at Vienna return-centre talks
Tom Berendsen will replace asylum minister Bart van den Brink at Monday’s Vienna talks on a proposed return centre, as Van den Brink stays in the Netherlands for discussions on the coalition crisis.
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Dutch foreign minister Tom Berendsen will travel to Vienna on Monday instead of asylum minister Bart van den Brink for talks on a proposed return centre for rejected asylum seekers, according to people familiar with the plans cited by ANP.
The meeting will bring together Austria, Germany, Denmark and Greece. The centre is intended for small numbers of rejected asylum seekers; several media reports say it would be in Rwanda. A Rwandan delegation is expected to attend, ANP reported.
Van den Brink will remain in the Netherlands to take part in discussions on resolving the coalition’s political crisis. He also attended talks at the De Zwaluwenberg estate near Hilversum over the weekend.
Berendsen had originally been due in Brussels for a meeting of EU foreign ministers. The Dutch EU ambassador in Brussels will represent the Netherlands there instead. Van den Brink had been due to attend a migration conference in Vienna on Monday and Tuesday.
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