Sweden takes lead in EU Balkan visa push

Key EU states led by Germany and Sweden pressed Thursday for the reintroduction of visas for people coming from Balkan EU candidate states so as to curb soaring unfounded asylum requests

"Everyone must live up to their responsibilities before joining the European Union," Swedish Interior Minister Tobias Billström said before a meeting with his EU colleagues.

Candidate countries should "improve the lot of their minority populations," Billström said, adding: "These people do not have the right of asylum, they are leaving their country for economic reasons."

Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden are all calling on the European Commission to allow them to reintroduce controls after Serbia and several other Balkan states were given visa free status in 2010 under the EU's Schengen freedom of movement provisions.

They say that many people are abusing the system to seek asylum in their
countries, and since each request has to be properly examined, the system has
become totally clogged up.

The Commission and the European Parliament are currently negotiating a safeguard clause which could allow a member state to seek a temporary suspension of the visa free arrangements but it has not been adopted yet.

"We need all our asylum capacity for those who really need our help," said Ole Schröder, secretary of state at the German interior ministry.

"I am thinking in particular of the situation in Syria, in Afghanistan. It is unacceptable that we should have two times as many asylum applicants from
Serbia as from Afghanistan," he added.

There have recent reports of a growing number of Balkans coming to Sweden on the promise of false residence permits, tricked by travel organizers who promise them that they will receive asylum on arrival in Sweden.

According to Sweden’s Migration Board (Migrationsverket), asylum seekers often belong to minority groups that have had a tough life but who have no right to Swedish asylum according to Swedish laws.

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 Mhe. Anna Tibaijukam Waziri wa Nyumba na Maendeleo ya Makazi akitia saini kitabu cha wageni Ubalozini, akiwa na balozi wa Tanzania nchini Sweden Mhe  muhammed mwinyi mzale.

Profesa Anna Tibaijuka, Waziri wa Nyumba na Maendeleo ya Makazi akitia saini kitabu cha wageni Ubalozini, yupo nchini Sweden kwa ziara ya kikazi ya siku tano akiambatana na Maafisa waandamizi wa Wizara yake ambapo pamoja mambo mengine atakutana na kufanya mazungumzo na viongozi kadhaa ikiwa ni pamoja na Mhe. Gunila Carlsson-Waziri wa Maendeleo ya Kimataifa, Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Stockholm Environment Insititute. Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa SIDA, Secretary-General wa IDEA (International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, na Mkurugenzi na Afisa Mtendaji Mkuu wa Land Survey, ambapo atawasilisha mada "Recent trends in land issues in Tanzania and discussion about interest for cooperation with Sweden.

 Mhe. Anna Tibaijukam Waziri wa Nyumba na Maendeleo ya Makazi akiwa anazungumza akiwa na balozi

wa Tanzania nchini Sweden, Mhe  muhammed mwinyi Mzale pamoja na maafisa wa ubalozini hapo.

Kids of illegal immigrants can go to school: Sweden

Undocumented immigrant children in Sweden will be allowed to go to school as of July 1st next year, the Swedish government announced on Wednesday after striking a deal with the opposition Green Party.

 "Children without a residency permit will have the right to education" from kindergarten to secondary school, it said in a statement.

Sweden's use of personal identity numbers has essentially barred children of illegal immigrants from public education, and schools have been required to contact police if registration requests were made for an undocumented child.

The new law scraps that requirement, but schooling will still not be mandatory for children of illegal immigrants.

"All children have the right to go to school ... and their right (to do so) will become legal," Education Minister Jan Björklund said at a press conference.

For undocumented children, going to school "means being normal, (it brings) stability, routines to an often precarious existence," said the Green Party's spokeswoman on immigration, Maria Ferm.

The government will provide an annual budget of 50 million kronor ($7.4 million) starting in 2014, to help the municipalities where the children go to school. Half the annual amount has been set aside for next year.

Between 2,000 and 3,000 children will be affected by the new law, according
to Björklund.

(news@thelocal.se