Swedish crackdown targets migrant families

Sweden's parliament approved on 21 June 2016 an asylum law which critics named as restrictive, further warning that it could put more children at risk.

A broad majority backed the government’s proposal, which aims to sharply reduce the number of asylum seekers over a three-year period during which Sweden is to improve its capacity for reception and integration of migrants.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Sweden sees costs of migration crisis almost quadruple http://www.europeansources.info/record/sweden-sees-costs-of-migration-crisis-almost-quadruple/

ESO: Background information: Swedish authorities fear rise in Öresund link asylum treks http://www.europeansources.info/record/swedish-authorities-fear-rise-in-oresund-link-asylum-treks/

The New York Times, 21.06.16: Sweden Toughens Rules for Refugees Seeking Asylum http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/22/world/europe/sweden-immigrant-restrictions.html

National Geographic, 22.06.16: Asylum Seekers Stranded in Swedish Bureaucracy http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2016/06/22/asylum-seekers-stranded-in-swedish-bureaucracy/

The Local.se, 21.06.16: 'Sweden's residency revamp is harmful and inhumane' http://www.thelocal.se/20160621/why-i-will-vote-no-to-changing-swedens-residency-laws

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