The Social Democrats, Green Party, Moderates and Sweden Democrats voted for the amendments, while the Centre Party and Left Party voted against. The amendments to the country’s asylum laws mean that asylum seekers in Sweden are now granted the minimum level of rights the European Union requires of its member states. Story continues below…The Swedish parliament approved the restrictions on June 21st by 240 votes in favour to 45 against. The changes are temporary, and will be in place for a maximum of three years. The changes are designed to significantly reduce the number of people seeking asylum in Sweden, which received a record 163,000 asylum applications in 2015.

Source: The Local July 20, 2016 09:45 UTC