Refugees are refusing to get off a bus in the Swedish countryside because it’s ‘too cold’

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A group of refugees are refusing to get off a bus in a Swedish village, saying it’s ‘too cold’ and isolated.
The country’s authorities have been called on to remove the ’14 people inside and around the buses who don’t want to move into the [asylum] centre,’ according to Migration Agency spokesman Maria Lofgren.

They were travelling as part of a group of 60 Syrians and Iraqis who were to stay in Limedsforsen, close to the Norwegian border, while their asylum claims were assessed.
Now, the Swedish Enforcement Authority – which acts as a bailiff during evictions – have been called upon by the Westin Buss transport company.

The refugees have complained about being in a remote forest dozens of kilometres from the nearest town, and many of them have demanded to be taken to a city. Some even want to be taken to Germany.
‘It’s not totally in the middle of nowhere,’ Lofgren said. ‘There is a shop and buses.’
The Migration Agency says the country is receiving around 10,000 refugees a week.

‘With the number of arrivals continuing to increase, the accommodations we can find are further and further away from the big cities,’ Lofgren said, adding that cases of people refusing their relocation sites were rare.
Sweden is among the EU states with the highest proportion of refugees per capita. It has a population of 9.8million, and is expected to receive up to 190,000 asylum applications this year.
In the winter, temperatures can drop as low as -30C – which will prove a major challenge for people being relocated from hotter countries.