Finland and Sweden to deport thousands of failed asylum seekers

Finland and Sweden plan to deport tens of thousands of migrants not receiving asylum.

Both countries have received an influx of migrants fleeing violence in Syria and other places. Finland expects to deport two-thirds of the 32,000 asylum seekers that arrived in 2015. Sweden said on Wednesday it plans to deport up to 80,000 asylum seekers, or about half of all applications received last year. Sweden and Finland will use specially chartered airplanes to return asylum seekers to their countries, Agence France-Presse reports.

In Germany, which accepted about 1.1 million migrants in 2015, Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel announced the country is placing Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia on the "safe countries of origin" list, meaning "nationals would have little chance of winning asylum," AFP reports. Some migrants will also be blocked from bringing their families to Germany for two years.

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