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Sweden: A New Legislation hardens the Line on immigration

Wednesday, 28 October 2015

Sweden decides to toughen its immigration legislation after the publication of the Swedish Immigration Board that forecasts  on an arrival of 190,000 of refugees in 2015.

With the humanitarian crisis in Syria,  the estimations of the daily arrival of asylum seekers in Sweden are of nearly 4,000 people.

This new legislation aims to make Sweden "less attractive" for refugees : its goal is to replace the current permanent license by a temporary residence permit. A measure that will not be applied to families with children.

This new legislation comes after several incidents against the refugees in the country known to be one of the most welcoming in the world for refugees.

Since the beginning of the year almost 15 refugee shelters were set on fire.

The latest drama occured on October 22th 2015, in Trollhatten when Anton Lundin Pettersson, 21, targeted a school , with a sword, where many foreign youngsters studied : he killed two students because of their skin color and a teacher.

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