Sweden is planning to expel nearly 80,000 refugees and migrants who arrived in the country in 2015, Interior Minister Anders Ygeman said, adding that their applications for asylum had been rejected. As RT reports police and local authorities have been tasked with organizing the departures by charter flights. The countries of origin of the rejected asylum seekers have not been disclosed.
Sweden is planning to expel nearly 80,000 refugees and migrants who arrived in the country in 2015, Interior Minister Anders Ygeman said, adding that their applications for asylum had been rejected. As RT reports police and local authorities have been tasked with organizing the departures by charter flights. The countries of origin of the rejected asylum seekers have not been disclosed.
In 2015 Sweden accepted over 160,000 refugees and migrants. The level of new arrivals has plunged since the beginning of January, when Sweden introduced systematic photo ID border checks, after stating that it has hit its limit in terms of receiving asylum seekers.
Swedish officials have been calling for greater security at asylum centers amid a surge in reports of violence. Police officers have requested up to 4,100 new employees after a deadly stabbing attack in a refugee facility.
RT reminds that the attack happened at a center for underage, unaccompanied refugees in Mölndal, southern Sweden on Monday, January 25, where a 22-year-old female staff member was killed by a 15-year-old boy.
