Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From being one of Europe’s most liberal countries in terms of immigration, Sweden has over the past three years taken a sharp turn ...

Sweden will receive up to 190,000 migrants this year, mostly from Syria — more than double previous estimates, the country’s Migration Agency announced Oct. 22. The massive wave of immigration, ...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Migration Agency expects up to 190,000 refugees fleeing war in countries such as Syria and Iraq to arrive this year, putting strain on a country already planning to ...

New Ipsos survey with UNHCR finds support for refugees resilient despite growing global uncertainties. Many question how ...

Abdullah Waez and other Syrian refugees say they’re too frightened to live in the Swedish woods, where they’ve been offered free housing while their asylum applications are processed. Housing is ...

STOCKHOLM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sweden, known globally for its traditional generous foreign aid programmes, could reduce its funding of development projects in Africa to compensate for the ...

Almost 80% of “refugees” go on vacation to the country they claim to have fled from," Elon Musk declared on X last week. The South Africa-born billionaire's statement — which implies that the majority ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 5 August 2008 More than two dozen ...