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| Taking a closer look at some foreign guests . . Sweden fights image of "safe haven" for terror Victims of dictatorships from Chile to Iraq, people fleeing violence in the Balkans or the Horn of Africa, and rebels and separatists from Indonesia or Latin America have for decades found refuge in neutral Sweden. But as even the most law-abiding corners of the globe get dragged into the "war on terror", Sweden is taking a closer look at some of its foreign guests. Klas Bergenstrand, the new head of the SAPO security police, pulled no punches when he told national radio: "In Sweden, too, there are people participating in networks whose ultimate goal is to carry out terrorist attacks." Margarethe Linderoth, SAPO's head of counter-terrorism, said that "all terrorist organisations are more or less represented in Sweden with one or more persons". But while acknowledging that Sweden's asylum policy and membership of the European Union's border-free Schengen zone made it hard to check the flow of people, Linderoth said new laws passed in 2003 should help ensure Sweden is "not a safe haven"........... |
I apologize, as I don't speak Swedish, but I thought this may be of interest.
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