Denmark to grant asylum to all Afghan women and girls

Denmark is ready to offer asylum to any women or girls from Afghanistan, solely based on their gender. It will become the second country in Europe, after Sweden, to make the policy change. The news is being welcomed by refugee advocacy groups in Denmark. But as The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports, it’s not as straightforward as it may seem 

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