2015-09-10 22:00

Sweden Bets Open-Door Policy on Refugees Will Pay Off

Hannibalo Hanschke ("Reuters" / "Scanpix") nuotr.
Hannibalo Hanschke ("Reuters" / "Scanpix") nuotr.
As the European Union prepares to force some of its member states to accept a greater number of refugees, one country is already taking far more than its share and is prepared to go even further. 

„If we manage to improve the reception and speed up the establishment of the newly arrived, we could be the country in Europe that can meet the demographic challenge of an aging population, with a smile,“ Employment Minister Ylva Johansson said in a text message.

When the highest refugee flow per capita in Europe is added to rising birth rates, the once dire demographic situation in the largest Nordic economy looks much brighter. Sweden‘s population is now expected to reach 11.5 million people by 2030, up from almost 10 million today.

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