Sweden can no longer guarantee refugee beds

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Source: http://www.thelocal.se/20151105/swed...tay-in-germany

Sweden is struggling to provide enough beds for the record number of refugees crossing into the country from Germany and elsewhere, the government confirmed on Thursday.

At a press conference, Migration Minister Morgan Johansson told reporters that there was no longer a guarantee that all asylum seekers could be offered emergency accommodation.

"We are in in a very dramatic situation, it has become even more dramatic in recent days. Last week we saw a decline, but now the past few days, we see an increase," he said, referring to the ongoing arrival of refugees fleeing war-torn nations to seek new lives in Sweden.

"The urgent problem today is that the number of asylum seekers is increasing faster than the number of accommodation places. Sweden today can no longer guarantee accommodation places," he added.

Sweden's Migration Board (Migrationsverket) said earlier on Thursday that more than 2,000 asylum seekers were expected to try to travel to Sweden from Rostock in northern Germany, which would have meant a new daily record.

Meanwhile Sweden is pressing Eastern Europe to take their share of immigrants/refugees but those countries say they can provide shelter only for minorities: i.e Christians / Yazidi - refusing to take any Muslims.

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/108f9de6-8...0859a4767.html

[Xeones]

I personally don't understand why they are taking them in the first place. Taking large numbers of people you don't really have a place for seems like a really bad idea.

[Austilias]

Meanwhile Sweden is pressing Eastern Europe to take their share of immigrants/refugees

That's like if Edward John Smith, Captain of the RMS Titanic, intentionally crashed into that fated iceberg and insisted that other ships follow suit. The saying "they've made their bed" has never been more apt.

[Stormykitten]

The EU (the actual union) really looks frail indeed in this matter with so few countries helping or at least take the discussion seriously in this matter. Has to be more than Sweden, Germany and a few others that respond; can't just ignore people regardless of what your feelings are on refugees.

[primalmatter]

Reminds me of the simpsons when they had to bring in other animals to get rid of frogs...

Forget the entire exchange but it ends with " Won't we be stuck with Gorillas then?"

"No,no that is the beauty of it once winter rolls around all the gorillas freeze to death"