(ANSA-AFP) - GNJILANE, JUN 6 - By 2027, Denmark will relocate its foreign convicts to a prison in Kosovo under a 200-million-euro agreement that has raised concerns among NGOs and residents but which could serve as a model for the rest of the EU. The agreement, reached in 2022 and ratified by Kosovar MPs in 2024, provides for the reception of up to 300 foreign prisoners sentenced in Denmark. They must not have been convicted of terrorism or war crimes nor suffer from mental illness or a terminal disease. Once their sentence is completed in Kosovo, they will be deported to their home country. In exchange, Denmark will pay 200 million euros ($230 million) -- more than six times the annual budget of Kosovo's Ministry of Justice. The detainees will be imprisoned in a dedicated facility in the village of Pasjak, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) southeast of the capital, Pristina, where work on renovation of the facility is to start soon. (ANSA-AFP).