Sweden: For burning to by the authorities after the fire that destroyed refugee reception center
A refugee accommodation center in Sigtuna, near Stockholm, turned into ashes during last night and thought that was targeted by arsonists, Swedish police said, which is the second episode of this nature within a week to the Swedish capital area .
The personnel alerted the police shortly before 02:00 local time (3:00 GMT), when he heard noises and saw lights outside the building, said police spokesman Stockholm, P. Lindgren.
Immediately after a fire broke out, he added and explained that investigation into the case. "I do not catch fire out (of a building) unnecessarily," he said.
In the centers of refugees were two staff members and nine refugees, however, none of these persons was injured, according to Lindgren.
Sweden has radically changed over the years particularly welcoming and generous policy towards refugees and migrants, imposing border checks and introducing much stricter laws, and received an unprecedented number of asylum seekers (163,000) who traveled to Europe to save from wars and poverty in countries mostly in Africa and the Middle East.
The police gave the lately much more attention to reception centers and accommodation for asylum seekers, many of which have suffered attacks; in one of them a fire broke out in the early hours Sunday, but neither in this case be recorded injuries, although 37 persons residing in it had to be evacuated.
According to Lindgren, there is no indication that the two incidents are linked or that the risk of attacks on asylum accommodation centers has increased.
In 2015 Sweden recorded a wave about 20 arson aimed at refugee reception centers. In a few cases the perpetrators were.
A refugee accommodation center in Sigtuna, near Stockholm, turned into ashes during last night and thought that was targeted by arsonists, Swedish police said, which is the second episode of this nature within a week to the Swedish capital area .
The personnel alerted the police shortly before 02:00 local time (3:00 GMT), when he heard noises and saw lights outside the building, said police spokesman Stockholm, P. Lindgren.
Immediately after a fire broke out, he added and explained that investigation into the case. "I do not catch fire out (of a building) unnecessarily," he said.
In the centers of refugees were two staff members and nine refugees, however, none of these persons was injured, according to Lindgren.
Sweden has radically changed over the years particularly welcoming and generous policy towards refugees and migrants, imposing border checks and introducing much stricter laws, and received an unprecedented number of asylum seekers (163,000) who traveled to Europe to save from wars and poverty in countries mostly in Africa and the Middle East.
The police gave the lately much more attention to reception centers and accommodation for asylum seekers, many of which have suffered attacks; in one of them a fire broke out in the early hours Sunday, but neither in this case be recorded injuries, although 37 persons residing in it had to be evacuated.
According to Lindgren, there is no indication that the two incidents are linked or that the risk of attacks on asylum accommodation centers has increased.
In 2015 Sweden recorded a wave about 20 arson aimed at refugee reception centers. In a few cases the perpetrators were.
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