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Inger Støjberg: Denmark's ex-immigration minister convicted over illegal asylum seeker policy
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A former Danish minister has been convicted of illegally separating asylum-seeking couples where one partner was under 18.
Inger Støjberg was found guilty in a rare impeachment trial and sentenced to 60 days in prison on Monday.
The court found that the former minister had neglected her ministerial duties "intentionally or through gross negligence".
Judges also found Støjberg guilty of providing parliament with "incorrect or misleading information" and agreed that the order had violated Danish law and the European Convention on Human Rights.
It was the first time the Court of Impeachment had been convened in Denmark in 26 years.
Støjberg has maintained her innocence and said she was "very surprised" at the verdict, which cannot be appealed.
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