Migration. After the border controls, the agreement with Turkey and the tougher legislation, the flow of refugees to Sweden now. In 2016, the com 80 per cent fewer asylum seekers to the country compared with last year.
During the flyktingvågen 2015 searched almost 163 000 people asylum in Sweden. This year the figure is significantly lower. Until the middle of december, more than 28 000 refugees sought asylum in Sweden in 2016. According to the Migration board press officer Fredrik Bengtsson is because the reduction in the number of many different factors – both in Sweden and at EU-level.
– We have a flyktingavtal between Turkey and the EU, and greatly hampered the possibilities for asylum seekers to cross borders in Europe. On the Swedish level, we have a change in legislation that makes that Sweden is not viewed as the primary country in the same way. We do not have a permanent residence permit longer and family reunification have greatly compromised, ” he says.
Fewer unaccompanied
most reduces the number of unaccompanied refugee children. This year has more than 2 100 unaccompanied minor under the age of 18 sought asylum in Sweden, compared with 35 369 last year.
– Last year had the absolute majority of unaccompanied its descent in the Afghanistan and afghans have very rarely laissez-passer, which makes it difficult for them to get to Sweden as they stopped in various forms of checks on the way, says Fredrik Bengtsson.
Controlled abroad
How next year looks to Fredrik Bengtsson not speculate on. It all depends on what happens with the Swedish legislation, but, above all, on the decisions taken beyond Sweden’s borders.
– Will the agreement with Turkey to keep? Will the individual states continue to have the border and id checks? This is governed a lot by what other players are doing, ” he says.
– But if we look at the need for people to escape the war it has not decreased. It’s continued to be very great.
the FACTS
the Number of asylum seekers
the Number of asylum applications from the five most common countries compared with last year:
2016
Syria: 5 410
Afghanistan: 2 920
Iraq: 2 700
Somalia: 1 630
Stateless: 1 310
2015
Syria: 51 338
Afghanistan: 41 564
Iraq: 20 857
Stateless: 7 711
Eritrea: 7 231
this Year’s figures until december 18. With stateless refers frequently palestinians who fled from Syria.
Source: the Swedish migration board
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