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Sweden
is to reject up to 80,000 people who applied for asylum in the country
last year, as many as half of whom will be forced to leave against their
will, according to official estimates. The interior ministry has called on police and migration authorities
to prepare for a sharp increase in deportations, and to arrange charter
flights to expel refused asylum seekers to their country of origin.
Sweden is also approaching other EU countries, including Germany, to
discuss cooperation to increase efficiency and make sure flights are
filled to capacity, it said. On Thursday Finland’s interior minister said Helsinki also intended
to expel about 20,000 of the 32,000 asylum seekers it received in 2015.
“In principle we speak of about two-thirds, meaning approximately 65
percent of the 32,000 will get a negative decision (to their asylum
application),” Paivi Nerg, the ministry’s administrative director, told
Agence France-Presse. Sweden received more than 160,000 asylum applications last year – by
far the biggest influx in the EU as a proportion of the population.
Between 60,000 and 80,000 of them will be rejected, the interior
minister, Anders Ygeman, told Swedish media on Thursday. The revelation that a large proportion of asylum seekers will be
turned down, and as many as half of failed applications will be forcibly
ejected, sends another signal to refugees that Sweden is no longer extending the warm welcome it offered to them just a few months ago.
Other
Scandinavian countries are stepping up their attempts to broadcast to
the war-torn regions of the world that they are no longer an attractive
destination for refugees. Norway last week began deporting asylum seekers to Russia through the Arctic, while Denmark’s new law enabling police to confiscate cash and valuables from refugees has drawn sharp international criticism. Sweden started to introduce border controls in November to stem the
number of asylum seekers arriving there, which was running at 10,000
each week. In January it made it impossible for refugees to cross the
bridge linking Sweden with Denmark unless they could show a passport or
driving licence, since when the numbers are down to about 800 a week. “If it stays at these levels we expect 45,000 applications in 2016 – still a very high number, but manageable,” Harju said. Last year Sweden turned down some 20,000 asylum applicants, or 45% of
those who had previously arrived and made claims. About 3,000 were
deported with a further 7,000 who were handed over to police
disappearing from the immigration system and avoiding expulsion. The remaining 10,000 people whose applications were rejected left the country of their own accord, the justice ministry said. The overall approval rate may increase in 2016, the immigration
ministry said, as the record 160,000 who put in asylum requests in 2015
included more citizens of Afghanistan and Syria, for whom it is easier
to obtain refugee status than for other groups.
Syrians used to receive an automatic right to permanent residency,
but this was removed late last year, to be replaced by temporary
residence of up to three years. However, it does not affect the way
asylum applications are treated, according to the ministry.The backlog of asylum applications in the system means it will take
up to two years for all the cases to be decided among 2015 applicants,
the ministry said. The migration board is still dealing with
applications from 2014, with the average processing time at more than
eight months.
The
border police said it was “vigorously expanding” its activities and
aiming to double police numbers in the next few years to cope with the
task of returning refused asylum seekers, and to deal with the
“significant risk” of people going underground to escape deportation. “What the government has done is acknowledge that the issue of
returning nationals to their country of origin is going to be a big task
because of the high numbers,” according to Jonatan Holst, a
spokesperson for the immigration ministry. Sanna Vestin, chair of FARR, the Swedish Network of Refugee Support
Groups, said: “We are very concerned that in this situation the
government will play down proper procedure and rights just to get rid of
them. We have already had a suggestion to end the right to appeal – the
courts uphold the appeals in around 10% of cases.” She added: “It would be better if the government saw refugees as an
investment in society’s future, rather than a burden. We have a very
good economy, in part because of having many immigrants.”
Betty MacDonald Fan Club, founded by Wolfgang Hampel, has members in 40 countries.
Wolfgang Hampel, author of Betty MacDonald biography interviewed Betty MacDonald's family and friends. His Interviews have been published on CD and DVD by Betty MacDonald Fan Club. If you are interested in the Betty MacDonald Biography or the Betty MacDonald Interviews send us a mail, please.
Several original Interviews with Betty MacDonald are available.
We are also organizing international Betty MacDonald Fan Club Events for example, Betty MacDonald Fan Club Eurovision Song Contest Meetings in Oslo and Düsseldorf, Royal Wedding Betty MacDonald Fan Club Event in Stockholm and Betty MacDonald Fan Club Fifa Worldcup Conferences in South Africa and Germany.
Betty MacDonald Fan Club Honour Members are Monica Sone, author of Nisei Daughter and described as Kimi in Betty MacDonald's The Plague and I, Betty MacDonald's nephew, artist and writer Darsie Beck, Betty MacDonald fans and beloved authors and artists Gwen Grant, Letizia Mancino, Perry Woodfin, Traci Tyne Hilton, Tatjana Geßler, music producer Bernd Kunze, musician Thomas Bödigheimer, translater Mary Holmes and Mr. Tigerli.
