Photo: Fredrik Persson/ TTTT/The Local · 22 Oct 2016, 18:55Published: 22 Oct 2016 18:55 GMT+02:00Hundreds of people on Saturday demonstrated in Stockholm and in many other parts of the country to protest Sweden’s tough new laws on asylum-seekers. At least 1,000 people, some of whom had marched some 30 kilometres, on Saturday gathered in the centre of the Swedish capital to protest the laws, which among other things require asylum-seeking minors to prove their age. Protests were also being staged in 14 other Swedish cities and towns, including Umeå, Karlstad and Jönköping, Swedish news agency TT reported. The new temporary laws came into force on July 20 after Sweden, which has a population of around 10 million and has previously been viewed as one of the most generous migrant intake countries in Europe, last year took in 160,000 asylum seekers. Story continues below…The key changes made to the Swedish laws on asylum included the introduction of a three-year residence permit for those granted protection in Sweden, instead of the former rule of granting permanent permits.

Source: The Local October 22, 2016 17:03 UTC