THE INTRODUCTION BY GERMANY OF VISA FOR YUGOSLAVS AFFECTS SWEDEN
After the introduction of the visa obligation for Yugoslavia by Germany, Sweden fears a further rise of asylum requests. So far, over 25'000 Yugoslavs have flead to Sweden. Every week thousand more arrive via Germany and Poland. The Swedish immigration administration, SIV, recently decided to tolerate the stay of refugees from all former Yugoslav states, except Macedonia and Slovenia on Swedish soil and at the same time to suspend their asylum procedures pending an end to the war. According to SIV, only few Yugoslavs will be granted asylum. SIV now fears an administrative breakdown, once the deportation stop will be lifted and many refugees will insist on their right to an asylum procedure. Christina Rogestam, head of SIV now calls for the introduction of the visa obligation in Sweden too.
Source: "Dagens Nyheter", 12.5.92