Asylum seekers protest living conditions
Published: 23 Nov 11 07:32 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/37506/20111123/
Some thirty asylum seekers stormed out of housing assigned for them in Askersund in central Sweden on Tuesday in protest at "unsanitary conditions" while a further facility in Eskilstuna is set to close after a wave of violence.
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But without tickets they were forced to alight in Lindesberg and were then driven by coach back to Askersund.
The asylum-seekers proceeded to refuse for several hours to get off the bus until police were able to persuade them to accede.
Elsewhere the condition is described to be serious for the man who was stabbed at an asylum seeker facility in Eskilstuna on Monday evening.
Both the police and residents have testified about a wave of fights at the facility and the Migration Board (Migrationsverket) has decided to close it, but currently has no alternative accommodation.
"We are in agreement with the municipality to close down the facility by the end of January. But today we do not have any other space. We have people living in the corridors and lying on mattresses in the reception accommodation," said Ulrik Åshuvud at the reception centre in nearby Västerås, underlining that Eskilstuna is a better alternative at the moment.
A man in his 20s, who lives at the Eskilstuna centre, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the attack.
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Honestly....
And what are the odds that the attempted murderer will ever be anything but a drag on any society unfortunate enough to have him in it?
Typically the local omits highly relevant parts of an item.
@asteriks: Real refugees are fleeing from war and conflict. If people sharing accomodation want to kill people of certain nationalities that implies said people are frauds and probably a part of criminal organisations. I don't care too much if such people kill each other off.
If they want to live in Sweden they need to be accepting of people of different ethnic backgrounds. Learning this in practice right off the boat is the best way. In fact, Migrationsverket should take special effort in spreading out refugees of various backgrounds in different centers to make sure people get to interact and make friends with people of other ethnicities than their own.
minded and accept our new aristocracy with open arms.
I agree, this is off the charts. I these asylum seekers didn't like their accommodations provided for them, maybe they should just go back to their country of origin. How would that be then?
you are NOT promised or owed a new day in life,just make the best that you have. they are owed basic human rights YES but nothing else! if i was living in those places i would get off my butt and clean it myself as i do in my own home.
they choose to come here so they have to make due what is giving to them and try make a dollar out of 15 cents. it's strange most people that come to america that don't ask for nothing,they get off their butts and hustle hard. i think sweden needs to get a stiff upper lip!
The article CLEARLY states it was a BRAND NEW facility, if it was unsanitary it was due to the people living there!!!
we don't know what, if any, problems exist. Maybe the toilet flood the rooms below and the taps don't work.
But given that we don't know, it is premature to abuse the asylum seekers.
Sweden get money from the UN to recive a set number of refugees, beyond that it`s on Sweden. They fill a quota, as the Geneve convention says. But if you look at the numbers, Sweden is one of the countries that, per capita, takes on the most refugees. Sweden goes beyond their responsibility. Sweden recive these people out of good will, not because they are getting payed.
It`s also laughable that you blame Migrationsverket for the actions of the criminal and murderous refugee. You should open your eyes and face the fact that all refugees aren`t refugees or all that nice either.
We have enough problems integrating Europeans regardless what part of Europe they come from...
Countries like the UK could stop all those benefits and housing if they really wanted to - they don't.
The neverending flow into Europe is just not sustainable - tolerance and acceptance has its limits as we have to realistic about the future impact on all of us in the future.
I believe thats the way for the western europe and northern america to see things and exploit other nations for centuries now. we do not need to have a some sort of external non-earthly enemy (alien or something) so we could unite, be more cosmopolitan. i feel sad for such a aggressive way of thinking and non tolerance that you showed by your comment. you are no better than a islamist kamikaze showing non tolerance to unfamiliar objects (ideas) by blowing himself up
...if you don't enjoy the free accomodations, health care and food we're paying for.
They should have driven the bus out of Sweden, never coming back.
Time Swedes et al stopped kissing their a**** but perhaps it's all too late.
Try coming to Luxembourg - you get nothing at all.