(MENAFN) Protests have been arranged Monday in Denmark to strike against plans by the government to move refuges and migrants to a remote island.
On the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, thousands of Danes and non-Danes gathered to demonstrate in the nation's capital and largest city Copenhagen and its second largest city, Aarhus, to call on the government to reverse its plans to move refugees to Lindholm Island in the country"s southeast.
Nine non-governmental organizations took part in the protests, including ActionAid Denmark (Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke), Amnesty International and Save the Children.
They demanded the government to end its suspension of refugees coming into the country via UN quotas, according to Tim Whyte, general secretary of ActionAid Denmark.
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