Refugees walk on the street towards a football field on February 10, 2016 in Kladesholmen, Sweden. In 2015, Sweden received 162,877 asylum applications, more than any European country proportionate to its population.
In 2015, Sweden received 162,877 asylum applications, more than any European country proportionate to its population. According to the Swedish Migration Agency, Sweden housed more than 180,000 people in 2015, more than double the total in all of 2014. The country is struggling to house refugees in proper conditions during the harsh winter; summer holiday resorts, old schools and private buildings are being turned into temporary shelters for asylum seekers as they wait for a decision on their asylum application. Sweden has since cut back on the number of refugees it annually accepts. Photojournalist David Ramos of Getty Images documented Swedish refugee communities in February 2016.
During a rally in Florida on Saturday, President Donald Trump . It wasn’t clear what he was referring to, and there were no high-profile incidents reported in Sweden on Friday night. Later, it appeared Trump was referencing a segment about a documentary that was featured on a Fox News show.
Sweden’s most recent attack linked to extremism happened in the capital, Stockholm, in December 2010. An Iraqi-born Swede detonated two explosive devices, including one that killed him but no one else.
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Swedish students walk through a group of refugee children in a school on February 8, 2016 in Halmstad, Sweden.
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Asylum seekers from Syria and Irak attend a Swedish language class at the Halmstad University on February 8, 2016 in Halmstad, Sweden.
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A girl looks on as she plays handball during a training session organised by The Skolidrottsforbundet to help on the integration of migrants through sport activities on February 9, 2016 in Halmstad, Sweden.
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Refugees pray in the gym of the Sweden's largest temporary camp for refugges at the former psychiatric hospital Restad Gard on February 12, 2016 in Vanersborg, Sweden.
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Members of the Merzai family from Afghanistan pose for a portrait at their temporary home in a summer holidays resort on February 7, 2016 in Halmstad, Sweden. Merzai family arrived at Sweden 5 months previously.
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Isakhan, 54, of Afghanistan watch a video on his mobile phone in his shared room at the temporary house for asylum seekers of the Vattendroppen school on February 10, 2016 in Kladesholmen, Sweden.
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A refugee carries carpets before praying as he prepares the gym of the Sweden's largest temporary camp for rasylum seekers at the former psychiatric hospital Restad Gard on February 12, 2016 in Vanersborg, Sweden.
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A refugee looks from a window in the Sweden's largest temporary camp for refugges at the former psychiatric hospital Restad Gard on February 12, 2016 in Vanersborg, Sweden.
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Refugees play football on February 10, 2016 in Kladesholmen, Sweden.
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Ghaida, 26, of Syria leaves her shared temporary house at the Tjorn Bro Park holiday resort on February 11, 2016 in Myggenas, Sweden. Ghaida is an architect and she is waiting for her employment permit for more than one year.
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(L-R) Saboh, Kanthar and Worood share jokes in a playground on February 10, 2016 in Kladesholmen, Sweden.
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A general view of houses on February 10, 2016 in Kladesholmen, Sweden.
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Asylum seekers are seen in a temporary house at the Vattendroppen school on February 10, 2016 in Kladesholmen, Sweden.
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Refugees walk on the street on February 10, 2016 in Kladesholmen, Sweden.
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From left, Muhammed, 13, of Syria and Mahdi Ghafour, 6, of Afghanistan plays on a pier on Feb. 10, 2016 in Kladesholmen, Sweden. In 2015, Sweden received 162,877 asylum applications, more than any European country proportionate to its population.
