DHAKA: The authorities in Sweden are making plans to expel as many as 80,000 failed asylum-seekers.

Sweden interior minister Anders Ygeman said that charter aircraft would be used to deport the migrants over several years, reports the BBC.

Quoting Swedish media, BBC reported that the minister said, “We are talking about 60,000 people but the number could climb to 80,000”.

Some 163,000 migrants applied for asylum in Sweden in 2015, the highest per capita number in Europe.

Of the approximately 58,800 cases processed last year, 55 percent were accepted.

BDST: 1153 HRS, JAN 28, 2016
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