SWEDEN TO EXPEL 80,000 REJECTED ASYLUM SEEKERS AS MIGRANT CRISIS DEEPENS.

SWEDEN will dismiss up 80,000 asylum-seekers who had their applications rejected, a minister has said.

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Sweden could expel up to 80,000 rejected asylum seekers

Around 163,000 migrants sought asylum during 2015, the highest per capita in the whole of Europe.
However, the Scandinavians interior minister Anders Ygeman said about “60,000 people” would be expelled but the figure could climb to 80,000.

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The migrant crisis has deepened across Europe

The rejected asylum-seekers would be moved “over several years” and that last year, 55 per cent of 58,800 cases taken forward were accepted.
In November Sweden tightened its borders on migrants and Mr Ygeman said last year: “Our signal to the rest of the EU is crystal clear.

“Sweden is the country that has shouldered the greatest responsibility for the refugee crisis.
"If we are to cope with this mutual challenge, the other countries must take their responsibility."
The news comes as Europe struggles to cope with the increasing number of migrants coming into Europe.
The UN says more than 46,000 people have arrived in Greece in this year alone with more than 170 people killed in the crossing.
Angry EU leaders are now one step closer to kicking Greece out of the Schengen agreement after discovering how it was failing to impose Schengen rules on several fronts.

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Greece has come under criticism for neglecting its obligations

European Commission vice president Valdis Dombrovskis said: "Greece seriously neglected its obligations and that there are serious deficiencies in the carrying out of external border control that must be overcome... by the Greek authorities."
He added: “There is no effective identification and registration of irregular migrants.
“Fingerprints are not being entered systematically into the system, travel documents are not being systematically checked for authenticity or against crucial security databases.”
The Greek foreign ministry released statistics on Wednesday suggesting 90 per cent of the new arrivals last year were from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, most of whom would routinely qualify for refugee status.
Already six Schengen members have reintroduced controls since last year in Germany, Austria, France, Sweden, Denmark and the non-EU member Norway.