Sweden takes new measures to send asylum seekers back

Stockholm, Sept.23(Greenpost)– Swedish Justice and Migration Minister Morgan Johansson said Sweden will take nine new measures to better deal with sending back asylum seekers.

Swedish Justice and Migration Minister Morgan Johansson says concrete measures are being taken to continue repatriating asylum seekers. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com/Chen Xuefei]

At a press conference in Stockholm, Swedish Justice and Migration Minister Morgan Johansson said more measures are being taken to continue repatriating asylum seekers by giving police more power to check backgrounds.

 

It’s well-known that Sweden has been the most generous country in receiving refugees. Last year alone, it received 163 thousand asylum seekers from Syria, Afghanistan and many other countries. For various reasons, Sweden has decided to deport about 60 to 80 thousand back to their home country.

Justice and Migration Minister Morgan Johansson said Sweden has given priority to the war-torn Syrian asylum seekers.

“Of course, it totally differs depending on what nationality you have, we grant 100 percent Syrians to be able to stay in Sweden. Lower ratio to Afghan and Iraqi side. We also have applications from the Balkans, Serbia and Kosovo, I think 97 percent of them have been sent back.”

In the past, Sweden took refugees word when they told their stories, they didn’t verify facts for reasons of integrity. But that has become problematic because there are adult asylum seekers pretending to be children, and some asylum seekers who have not been granted refugee status, that still stay and even work on the black market.

For these and other reasons the Swedish government has decided to give police more power to check the ages of those claiming to be children and also to inspect businesses such as restaurants to check for illegal workers. On the EU level, the fingerprints of suspected refugees can be shared, and the police have the power to request ID’s and check them if they suspect someone has arrived illegally. The checks will not only be restricted to borders, they will be extended throughout the entire country. A total of nine measures will be taken to step up deportations.

The authorities are also offering a bonus of 30 thousand krona for a person or 70 thousand krona for a family if you leave Sweden voluntarily.

Johansson said it is difficult to ask people to leave.

“But we have to remember, since the war started in Syria in 2011, in five years, Sweden has given protection to 135 thousand Syrian, the biggest number than any country in per capita. So I really think that we have done one of the biggest humanitarian efforts since the Second World War.”

Being asked when the tightened border control will be lifted, Johansson said it will depend on the situation in other countries. For example Germany last year received 440 thousand refugees. When they tightened their border, people turned to come to Sweden. So far, Sweden still keeps the EU level of receiving refugees, the lowest level in Sweden and this is likely to continue.

Source   CRIENGLISH.COM

瑞典政府采取9项新措施应对难民问题

中欧绿色邮报网报道(记者陈雪霏)--瑞典司法和移民部长毛根.约翰松22日下午召开新闻发布会说,瑞典政府将采取9项新措施来更好地完成难民遣返问题。

dsc_2943众所周知,瑞典是世界上人均接收难民最多的国家,去年一年就接收了16.3万难民。当然,去年德国也接收了将近45万难民,后来受不了了,于是关闭海关。于是,很多难民又纷纷向瑞典涌来。去年11月,瑞典受不了了,于是也痛下决心加紧了对海关的控制,任何人即使想从哥本哈根陆路进入瑞典,火车,汽车都要查看身份证。如果没有,对不起,不合手续,立即返回。

所以,瑞典的接纳水平从自己的高水平降到了欧盟的平均水平。但是,还是有很多难民来了只是在临时驻地,登记了,但还没有解决身份问题。因此,政府决定给警察更大权力加速解决难民问题。

第一,警察本来只能对犯罪嫌疑人进行检查。现在政府建议根据欧盟惩罚指南,警察对工作场所进行风险评估,在此基础上可以增大检查的可能性。警察还可以对雇主进行抽样检查。

第二,警察可以利用指纹检查外来难民。如果他们在欧盟别的国家已经留下指纹,那么,就应该回那个国家。现在对儿童年龄的检查限于14岁以上儿童。以前出于道德伦理等原因,移民局和警察都是只听难民一面之词。但结果有的18岁以上的成年人也冒充是儿童。现在可以调查核实了。

第三,警察现在只能在一个人寻求难民身份或者离开瑞典时处理护照和身份证。现在,政府建议一旦警察发现一个人没有许可就可以直接处理是否给他护照或者身份证。

第四, 警察和移民局合作更密切。

第五,如果难民申请者愿意自愿返回,警察可以把案件移交移民局处理。

第六,警察也可以负责处理重新递交的申请。

第七,警察局和移民局分工更明确了。

第八,难民临时住处可以有另外的选择,三天。

第九,警察局和移民局都可以处理儿童案例。

另外,约翰松说,难民如果自愿返回家乡,瑞典会给他们奖励,如果是个人,可以得到3万克朗。如果是一个家庭,可以得到7万克朗的奖励。统计表明,预计今年80%的人都是自愿遣返的。

瑞典计划遣返一半,6万到8万人离开瑞典,或者回到自己的祖国,或者是去其它欧盟国家。

今年到7月底,有近13000人自由遣返了。还有一千多人是被遣返的。