❑❑❑ Danes tap migration envoy:

The Danish government on Thursday appointed an envoy to “help open doors” for a new approach on migration to Europe and to “ensure that real refugees are helped faster and better in the surrounding areas.”

The move comes as the European Union’s executive body prepares to unveil vast reforms to the bloc’s asylum and migration system, and fits with the position of EU leaders who have mostly focused on beefing up Europe’s borders and outsourcing work to curb migration to Northern Africa countries and Turkey.

Denmark wants to set up migrant recep

and to support agencies in countries along the most common migration routes.

The Danish Foreign Ministry said the new special envoy, Anders Tang Friborg, and a task force established on Sept 1 would “support the work for a fair and humane asylum system.” Denmark is already involved in several projects designed to prevent migrants from reaching Europe and to improve the process for getting those who do make it to return home. (AP)