Asylum Seekers In Sweden
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Stockholm Truck Attacker, Who Mowed Down 5, Sentenced To Life Imprisonment
A Swedish court sentenced Rakhmat Akilov, a failed Uzbek asylum seeker, to life in prison on Thursday for killing five people and injuring another 10 when he slammed a stolen truck into shoppers on a busy street in Stockholm in April 2017.
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Sweden Plans To Expel Up To 80,000 Asylum-Seekers: Minister
Sweden intends to expel up to 80,000 migrants who arrived in 2015 and whose application for asylum has been rejected, Interior Minister Anders Ygeman said Wednesday.
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No Drop In Asylum Seekers Reaching Germany, Berlin Says
Germany has seen no drop in the number of people arriving and seeking asylum despite EU efforts to confront a migration crisis, the deputy interior minister said on Wednesday, blaming a lack of controls at Europe's borders.
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Fresh Concern For Schengen As Denmark, Sweden Tighten Borders
Denmark implemented spot checks on its border with Germany on Monday, in a move that triggered fresh concern for Europe's cherished Schengen passport-free zone hours after Sweden imposed its own controls on travellers from Denmark.
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Sweden Opens First Tent Camp For Refugees
Asylum seekers in Sweden have begun moving into the first tent camp set up for them, despite wintry temperatures as the country struggles to accommodate the large number of migrants arriving, an AFP correspondent at the scene reported today.
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Asylum Seeker Sentenced to Prison for Sweden Bomb Scare
A Swedish court sentenced on Friday an Israeli asylum seeker who caused a major bomb scare in Stockholm to two years in prison.
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Asylum Seeker Behind Sweden Bomb Scare: Report
A 43-year-old man who caused a major bomb scare in Stockholm last week was an asylum seeker whose application had been turned down, local media said on Sunday.
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Stockholm Truck Attacker, Who Mowed Down 5, Sentenced To Life Imprisonment
A Swedish court sentenced Rakhmat Akilov, a failed Uzbek asylum seeker, to life in prison on Thursday for killing five people and injuring another 10 when he slammed a stolen truck into shoppers on a busy street in Stockholm in April 2017.
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Sweden Plans To Expel Up To 80,000 Asylum-Seekers: Minister
Sweden intends to expel up to 80,000 migrants who arrived in 2015 and whose application for asylum has been rejected, Interior Minister Anders Ygeman said Wednesday.
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No Drop In Asylum Seekers Reaching Germany, Berlin Says
Germany has seen no drop in the number of people arriving and seeking asylum despite EU efforts to confront a migration crisis, the deputy interior minister said on Wednesday, blaming a lack of controls at Europe's borders.
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Fresh Concern For Schengen As Denmark, Sweden Tighten Borders
Denmark implemented spot checks on its border with Germany on Monday, in a move that triggered fresh concern for Europe's cherished Schengen passport-free zone hours after Sweden imposed its own controls on travellers from Denmark.
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Sweden Opens First Tent Camp For Refugees
Asylum seekers in Sweden have begun moving into the first tent camp set up for them, despite wintry temperatures as the country struggles to accommodate the large number of migrants arriving, an AFP correspondent at the scene reported today.
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Asylum Seeker Sentenced to Prison for Sweden Bomb Scare
A Swedish court sentenced on Friday an Israeli asylum seeker who caused a major bomb scare in Stockholm to two years in prison.
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Asylum Seeker Behind Sweden Bomb Scare: Report
A 43-year-old man who caused a major bomb scare in Stockholm last week was an asylum seeker whose application had been turned down, local media said on Sunday.
