The Local
Swedish migration authorities have decided to more than double the number of municipalities assigned to receive refugee children, regardless of the local councils' views on the matter.
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The need to house refugee children is approaching crisis levels, prompting the
Swedish Migration Board (Migrationsverket) to expand from four to ten the number of municipalities designated to take in
young asylum seekers when they first arrive in Sweden.