Immigration and Welfare in Sweden

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"For many years Sweden has had an open door policy to immigrants and refugees from all nations. In 1991, the country admitted 20,000 asylum seekers, and in 1992, an additional 80,000 of them were admitted.. Many of them were former Yugoslavians. The refugee-processing system can take as long as 18 months. Meanwhile, asylum-seekers are fed, clothes, housed, and given medical care by the state.

The costs of refugee programs--now up to about $35 to $57 per person--are forcing Swedes to question their liberal impulses. Even in good economic times, the system would have staggered under so many people. Currently, the Swedish economy has been slowing down since 1990.. Increasingly, the country's world-renowned social welfare system is having trouble providing for its own citizens."

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