Another Planned refugee centre burned to the ground in Sweden
A planned refugee shelter burned to the ground in Floda, east of Gothenburg, Saturday morning, Swedish Radio's local channel in Gothenburg reports.
A planned refugee shelter burned to the ground in Floda, east of Gothenburg, Saturday morning, Swedish Radio's local channel in Gothenburg reports.
The fire was put out within an hour, but one building was
completely destroyed. The shelter was supposed to house about 120
refugees but can now only accommodate 75 people.
"We're lucky no one was injured. It's unbelievably tragic that something like this could happen. We depend on these buildings to be able to give shelter to refugees who come here," Johanna Uhr at the Swedish Migration Board tells Swedish Television News.
Police are still investigating what caused the fire but they believe it was started deliberately.
"We suspect arson," police spokesperson Jenny Widén told Radio Sweden.
Yet
another planned refugee shelter was vandalised Saturday, close to
Jönköping in central Sweden. Several windows were smashed and stickers
with xenophobic messages were put up on the walls of the building.
Radio Sweden
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