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As the Swedish Migration Board tries the deal with growing influx of refugee kids, critics have upped their antics.

Sunday, 09 September 2012
Sweden has been inundated in the past few years with large amount of children who arrive the country on their own as refugees. Somewhere along the lines, the Swedish immigration board has deported some of the back to their port of entre. The situation has led to growing criticism in Swedish press.

According t radio Sweden, one of the children, a 16 year old, Afghan boy who was deported to Italy in reported to be living on the streets there. The station adds that he is not the only one to have been deported. Hundreds are being ferried away to the southern border to Europe and others are threatened with deportation to Italy

So far this year, over 100 children have been told that they should return to Italy, which was their first stop when they entered Europe.

To show serious they are, a week ago, the Swedish migration board transported 16-year-old Nasrat Shadab to Rome. There they surrendered him to the staff of the Italian airport police.

They pointed that the Italian police would give him all the help he needed. He comes from Afghanistan, but was handed over to Italy because it was the first country in the EU that he came to.
According to radio Sweden, he ended up living on the streets in Italy as he was given the type of support that he would have obtained in Sweden  Most of the boys who were deported to Italy are reported to have been treated in psychiatric hospitals and many more say they have fared badly in Italy.

Denmark and Finland have indefinitely suspended all deportations of minors to Italy. But Sweden is not. So far this year 16 unaccompanied refugee children have been sent back to Italy. Many more are hiding to avoid deportation.

The Swedish immigration board, according to radio Sweden says that conditions in Italy are good enough for Sweden to continue to send children there. Italy is a rich country and according to the EU rules on refugees, they should be treated in their first point on call

They hold that Italy may have a worse reception than Sweden, but that there are facilities for unaccompanied children there and they have a working system.

Yet, many children are said to have been assaulted by the Italian police. The Swedish authorities on their part say they must keep to the rules and deport any un accompanied children back to their first port of call.
By Scancomark.com Team







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