Sweden can no longer guarantee refugee beds

[Mr. Goobii]

UPDATED: Sweden's Migration Minister Morgan Johansson has urged refugees in northern Germany to stay put,
after declaring that the Nordic nation is now unable to guarantee beds for all asylum seekers.

The latest figures from Migrationsverket show that 10,201 people applied for asylum in the Nordic nation last week.

Sweden is struggling to provide enough beds for the record number of refugees crossing into the country from Germany
and Denmark, 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.
 
"Those coming to our borders may well be greeted by the news that we can not arrange accommodation. They may
then decide to either arrange accommodation on their own or go back to Germany or Denmark," he said.
 
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.


Sweden's Migration Minister Morgan Johansson. Photo: Pontus Lindahl/TT

Johansson's announcement comes just a day after Prime Minister Stefan Löfven released a written statement calling on
the European Commission to push other member states to do more to help tackle the refugee crisis.
 
"Sweden has long taken an unreasonably large responsibility in comparison with other countries in the EU, and now we are
in a very tight position. It is time that other countries now take responsibility and therefore the government requests the
redistribution of refugees from Sweden," he said.
 
Last month the Scandinavian nation doubled its refugee forecast for 2015, with up to 190,000 new arrivals expected on
Swedish soil before the end of the year.
 
The country's Migration Board has recently sent out a number of appeals to Swedish businesses and residents asking for
volunteers to help provide shelter for the rising numbers of migrants crossing into Sweden as the winter draws in.
 
Hundreds of asylum seekers are already being put up at the world's most northerly ski resort in Lapland and at a remote holiday
park in west Sweden, while sports halls, theatres and disused schools have also been transformed into temporary homes.
 
But Anke Erdmann, a Green Party state parliament member for the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein told The Local
that plenty of refugees in the Rostock area were also sleeping on "camping mats in empty market halls" and other disused buildings.
 
"The problems they've described affect us too, of course I can understand Sweden's problem, but it's the same in Rostock,
Lübeck and Kiel," Erdman said.
 
Erdmann added that German estimates suggested 1,800 refugees were stuck in northern port city Rostock trying to get tickets
to Sweden, with the Nordic nation only offering tickets to 50 or 60 people each day – down from 150 last week.
 
Meanwhile, between 600 and 800 people are believed to be waiting to travel to Sweden from Schleswig-Holstein's state capital
Kiel under similar circumstances.

[Mikal]

Why is Sweden taking them in the first place? Germany started this, let them handle it.

[TiMoN]

Why is Sweden taking them in the first place? Germany started this, let them handle it.

This.

[Mr. Goobii]

Sweden have almost doubled the income of immigrants and asylum seekers since last year.

"... with up to 190,000 new arrivals expected on Swedish soil before the end of the year."

I feel very proud that my country continue help people and give them a new home, however Sweden is a small country in disparity of other countries. Sweden tops the list when it comes to intake per capita.

Why is Sweden taking them in the first place? Germany started this, let them handle it.

"Under EU law, asylum seekers generally are supposed to apply in the first EU country they enter, but thousands upon thousands are crossing southern and eastern Europe trying to reach more preferred destinations, such as Germany or Sweden, that have a more welcoming stance toward migrants and offer more benefits and job prospects."

"Sweden needs at least 64,000 people to move here each year to be able to finance schools and public health care, according to a new report by the Public Employment Agency, news agency TT reports."

With other means, we are more friendly toward immigration and have more job opportunities since we have one the lowest unemployment rate in Europe.

Update: We lack people and what's better for us than try get more? 

[Loris]

Since January 2015 we had more then 110,000 arrivals in Italy, most of them via sea. Our Coast Guard and Navy are working 24/7 to patrol the Italian borders to prevent these people die in the sea, since the smugglers once close to the coast leave them to the mercy of the sea. Most of them are coming from all over the Africa and a small part from the Syria.

[Mikal]

Sweden have almost doubled the income of immigrants and asylum seekers since last year.

"... with up to 190,000 new arrivals expected on Swedish soil before the end of the year."

I feel very proud that my country continue help people and give them a new home, however Sweden is a small country in disparity of other countries. Sweden tops the list when it comes to intake per capita.

You might be proud for now, but I don't think that will last, if Sweden is expecting 190,000 more people, just remember, that's up to 190,000 more homes you need, up to 190,000 more jobs, and you need to support that 190,000 with benefits until they do have a job, if they will even bother getting one because your Govt is already giving them everything they need for free, same goes for Germany who is taking in millions of people.

"Sweden needs at least 64,000 people to move here each year to be able to finance schools and public health care, according to a new report by the Public Employment Agency, news agency TT reports."

People with money and job prospects.

Update: We lack people and what's better for us than try get more? 

190,000 people who may or may not integrate into Western society, I'll got for 'not' looking at the area they have came from.

This all started because Germany decided to try and look good to the world because for some reason they still think they today need to feel bad over the whole Nazi thing, Germany encouraged thousands to move in because it was 'what is right' and now they are spilling in by the millions, many not even from Syria but are just people looking for a 'free' life in Europe, they are ecenomic migrants, Merkel  who is likely on her last term in Germany because of the mess she's caused is now crapping her pants because Germany cannot handle the amounts that came in and are coming in, well that is too bad, honestly, you wanted them in the first place, you keep them and don't expect to dish them out to the rest of Europe.

The UK has taken in 20,000 so far, meanwhile a report rose up about the hundreds of thousands we have homeless or barely able to keep their own homes, all whilst we have a foreign aid budget of 12 billion pounds, our own country is a mess and all we hear is the EU bitching about what a terrible country we are for not taking more in, if it were my choice that 12 billion pound foreign aid budget would be scrapped instantly and put to better use at home, it could go into the NHS and housing our OWN HOMELESS PEOPLE, fix your own countries before you try to fix others, I just hope Sweden doesn't expect any of that foreign aid budget when they realise they can't cope anymore.

[AK47]

We have around 10,000 coming here every week, it's insane

[Johan_S]

If the management of the new arrivals is successful, the future of the country will be brighter. Nowadays refugees leaving apart the extreme poverty, but new generation is very intelligent, they almost know two or three languages plus good information regarding technology and internet, and what they are living now will be motivation to work and study hard to change their fate and be equal as european citizens. Germany is the most successful country when it comes to immigration logistics. Check their national team(current world champions).

[Salmonella]

What riddles me is that they only come in huge masses now, while many of these have already been living in a dangerous situation for almost a decade.

Then there's what Loris said, most of the Italian ones come from Africa, the ISIS/middle eastern war situation isn't really an argument for them in any case. They're just trying to profit from the bad situation.

I wonder jf any of the governments and their people actually believe these people will return once the situation becomes peaceful again, if it does at all. It would take decades and before you can even say 'reintegration' they'll have multiplied.

[Mikal]

What riddles me is that they only come in huge masses now, while many of these have already been living in a dangerous situation for almost a decade.

Then there's what Loris said, most of the Italian ones come from Africa, the ISIS/middle eastern war situation isn't really an argument for them in any case. They're just trying to profit from the bad situation.

I wonder if any of the governments and their people actually believe these people will return once the situation becomes peaceful again, if it does at all. It would take decades and before you can even say 'reintegration' they'll have multiplied.

My view is that the one's in Europe's small countries won't need to integrate, since they'll over-run it's native population and completely change the way the country used to look, there's 10,000 so called 'refugees' arriving in Europe everyday from Syria, Iraq, Pakistan and other regions in that area, that 10,000 a day hasn't stopped since Germany started encouraging people to come and I don't see it ever stopping aslong as European countries keep housing and financing them, they are all going to keep coming as economic migrants, as Emmett said, 1,000 a day going into Sweden, Sweden's population is only 9.5million, how many thousands will it take to completely change the face of the country?

[Bundy]

No problem, Turkey takes all refugees and has the best economy in the world in a couple of years and takes over the world.

[Sawyer]

All countries should help, we all are humans afterall.

[Lustigkurre]

It doesn't work to just shout "come here ffs" when we can't take care of them. Sweden is the humanity's little bitch atm. Trying to save the whole middle east no matter what it costs.

[Marcell]

It doesn't work to just shout "come here ffs" when we can't take care of them. Sweden is the humanity's little bad girl atm. Trying to save the whole middle east no matter what it costs.

@Lustigkurre
I'm sorry for ruining your day but this just made me rofl
https://kamilryba.wordpress.com/2015/11/13/extra-5-stjarnig-kneippbyn-resort-visby-pa-gotland-blev-asylboende-for-200-flyktingar-migrationsverket-morkar-asylkaos/

[brian1996]

All countries should help, we all are humans afterall.

No, not really. Infact I'd rather put them back on the boat and send them back instead of invading my city/country. If you really want to solve the problem then you should look at the country of origin, the source of all this trouble. Military intervention would probably be the only way.