Out of a total 103,000 immigrants last year, 43,900 were asylum seekers, almost 50 percent up from 2011. Nearly half of these were refugees from fighting in Syria, Afghanistan or Somalia, and will get at least temporary residency.
Among 44 industrialized countries, Sweden ranks fourth in the absolute number of asylum seekers, and second relative to its population, according to U.N. figures.
Policing in Stockholm has already been the focus of controversy this year, with allegations that police were picking out darker-skinned immigrants for identity checks in subway trains.
据外国媒体5月23日报道,瑞典首都斯德哥尔摩移民区连续四天晚上爆发骚乱,数以百计的年轻人焚烧汽车、袭击警察。骚乱震惊了瑞典。
22日,暴力行动由北向城市南部蔓延,成群年轻人穿越市郊,投掷石头,打碎窗户,点燃汽车。瑞典南部城市马尔默的警察透露,有两辆汽车被点燃。
当地媒体报道称,斯德哥尔摩南郊拉格斯维德的警察局起火,有几个人被拘留。不过,火势很快被扑灭,也没有人员伤亡。
攻击者无视瑞典首相呼吁冷静,在夜幕降临后出动。在四天的暴力行动中,一些商店和学校遭到破坏、一个警察局和一所工艺美术中心也被殃及。
斯德哥尔摩警察局女发言人特维·黑格说,“我感觉,今天晚上我们需要在更多的地方。”在最近的袭击中,一名警官受伤,5人涉嫌纵火未遂被捕。
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