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Thousands of illegal Afghans allowed to stay in Sweden

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KABUL (Pajhwok): Thousands of illegal Afghans with no grounds for asylum will cost Sweden $350 million over the next three years, a Russian news service reports.

A Swedish parliament’s decision recently allowed 9,000 Afghans to stay in the Scandinavian country despite lacking proper justification for asylum.

Described as unaccompanied refugee children, the Afghans have been afforded a new chance after their asylum applications were declined, according to Sputnik.

More than 99 percent of the Afghans are males, with 78 percent previously found . . .

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