Sweden, with a population of 9.8 million people, is one of the EU members that has taken in the largest number of refugees as a proportion of its population. Sweden now plans to deport up to 80,000 asylum seekers who arrived in 2015.
By World News Report Bureau
Sweden is planning to expel around 80 thousands asylum seekers whose applications have been rejected.
About 1 lakh 63 thousands migrants the highest number in Europe applied for asylum in Sweden last year. Out of these some 58,800 cases were processed and 55 per cent applications were accepted.
Sweden, with a population of 9.8 million people, is one of the EU members that has taken in the largest number of refugees as a proportion of its population. Sweden now plans to deport up to 80,000 asylum seekers who arrived in 2015. Their applications have been rejected.
Many European countries are struggling to deal with the refugee crisis with tens of thousands of refugees arriving at their door steps from war-torn Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. Hundreds of them died attempting to cross over to safety.
Germany and Sweden were the top destinations for asylum-seekers in Europe last year
Sweden became the latest EU member nations to see heightened violence and tensions over migrants early this week.
According to Sweden’s Interior Minister Anders Ygeman the process of deporting the people could take many years and require numerous sorties of chartered aircraft over several years to deport and transport the volume of migrants.
Sweden which had readily accepted more than 160,000 refugees in 2015, suddenly tightened the process and enforced stricter photo ID checks.
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Wagah Border between India and Pakistan
China and Russia share common border with as many as 14 countries. China: Afghanistan (76 km); Bhutan (470 km); India (3,380 km); Kazakhstan (1,533 km); North Korea (1,416 km); Kyrgyzstan (858 km); Laos (423 km); Mongolia (4,673 km); Myanmar (2,185 km); Nepal (1,236 km); Pakistan (523 km); Russia (3,645 km); Tajikistan (414 km); and Vietnam (1,281 km).
Russia: Azerbaijan (284 km); Belarus (959 km); China (3,645 km); Estonia (294 km); Finland (1,313 km); Georgia (723 km); Kazakhstan (6,846 km); North Korea (19 km); Latvia (217 km); Lithuania (227 km); Mongolia (3,441 km); Norway (167 km); Poland (206 km); and Ukraine (1,576 km).
Next, Brazil shares borders with ten countries while Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo have nine.
On the other hand Sri Lanka shares only has maritime borders with the Maldives and India while Denmark has borders with Sweden and Norway by sea; Canada has sea boundaries with Denmark and France
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