Sweden: Refugee families forced to flee
Sweden: Refugee families forced to flee
Several Iraqi refugee families were forced by a local lynch mob to leave their homes in Vännäs (northern Sweden) Saturday night. The families were evacuated to another neighborhood.
"What happened is terrible and unacceptable," says municipal commissioner Johan Söderling (S) to Västerbottens-Kuriren.
According to the information received, everything started with a fight between a group of Sweden and a group of immigrant youth on Friday. This developed on Saturday evening and night to harassment with stone throwing against windows and verbal threats
"All Arab speaking families were either threatened or harassed during the night. We had no other voice than to evacuate all the families. It's so terrible that it's unreal," says Ingrid Lindroth, refugee coordinator in Vännäs.
The incidents involved about 25-30 people who were now forced to move to a different neighborhood. The mob consisted of both youth and adults.
Ingrid Lindroth says she's never experienced anything similar before. What makes the situation even worse is that the refugees already experienced such terrible things and now when they come here, where they will feel secure, they're forced to flee again.
Municipal commissioner Johan Söderling is now preparing a crisis meeting in the municipality, to meet on Monday.
Source: Dagen (Swedish)
Several Iraqi refugee families were forced by a local lynch mob to leave their homes in Vännäs (northern Sweden) Saturday night. The families were evacuated to another neighborhood.
"What happened is terrible and unacceptable," says municipal commissioner Johan Söderling (S) to Västerbottens-Kuriren.
According to the information received, everything started with a fight between a group of Sweden and a group of immigrant youth on Friday. This developed on Saturday evening and night to harassment with stone throwing against windows and verbal threats
"All Arab speaking families were either threatened or harassed during the night. We had no other voice than to evacuate all the families. It's so terrible that it's unreal," says Ingrid Lindroth, refugee coordinator in Vännäs.
The incidents involved about 25-30 people who were now forced to move to a different neighborhood. The mob consisted of both youth and adults.
Ingrid Lindroth says she's never experienced anything similar before. What makes the situation even worse is that the refugees already experienced such terrible things and now when they come here, where they will feel secure, they're forced to flee again.
Municipal commissioner Johan Söderling is now preparing a crisis meeting in the municipality, to meet on Monday.
Source: Dagen (Swedish)
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