Sweden Faces Heavy Burden of Immigration

　　Sweden, a country with a first class public welfare system, is facing an increasingly heavy immigration burden.

 

　　There comes amid an outbreak of riots in the suburbs of the Sweden capital Stockholm. Most of the rioters are reported to be immigrant youths under the age of 20.

 

　　Local media has attributed the outbreak to the government's poor performance in coping with immigration issues and the integration² of immigrants into local society.

 

　　Markku Aikomus is an officer with the Regional Office for Baltic and Nordic Countries.

 

　　"Sweden is one of the main countries to receive the refugees in our region. Also the other Nordic countries and Baltic countries receive as well. This year Sweden has received over 30,000 new asylum³ claims and that's sort of the 50 percent more than in previous year."

 

　　Recent statistics from the Swedish Migration¹ Board shows around 54-thousand people have applied⁴ for residence permission in Swedish refugee camps in 2013.

 

　　That is a weekly rate of 1250-people since last September.

 

　　However, Sweden is capable of accommodating only about 500 to 700 new refugees per week, or around 30-thousand in a year.

1 migration   

n.迁移，移居，（鸟类等的）迁徙

参考例句：

• Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
• He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。

2 integration   

n.一体化，联合，结合

参考例句：

• We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
• This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。

3 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

4 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。