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Sweden tightens asylum rules
Aswat al-Iraq: Sweden, which has welcomed far more Iraqi refugees than the U.S. or the rest of Europe, stepped up restrictions against Iraqi asylum seekers, and began deporting hundreds who came through Greece in spite of protests voiced by Human Rights organizations in the Scandinavian country.While the new rules would threaten the lives of Iraqi's seeking refuge who fear returning home, Swedish Migration Minister Tobias Billstrom announced "there is no hope for any Iraqi denied refugee status in Sweden." Sweden, a country of just nine million people that is not involved in the Iraqi conflict, took in more Iraqi refugees than any other European country. Posted by: Fred 2008-11-05 |
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