Sweden Begins Sending Iraqi Refugees Home

Courtesy NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 03/25/2008 - 5:00am

Human rights groups in Sweden are outraged that the government has decided to send Iraqi refugees back to Iraq.

The Swedish government is citing an improved security situation in Iraq as the reason for returning the refugees.

Sweden has taken in more than 20,000 Iraqi refugees since the war began -- more than any other Western country.

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