Sweden slams shut its open-door policy towards refugees
▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/24/sweden-asylum-seekers-refugees-policy-reversal
weden needs “respite” from the tens of thousands of refugees knocking at its door, the government has said, announcing tough measures to deter asylum seekers in a sharp reversal of its open-door policy towards people fleeing war and persecution.
The country’s generous asylum regime would revert to the “EU minimum”, Sweden’s prime minister, Stefan Löfven, said on Tuesday, revealing that most refugees would receive only temporary residence permits from April.