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Published more: 2015-09-24 19:24 | SR - SVERIGES RADIO

Residency permits granted to several Palestinians on hunger strike

Several of the protestors. Photo: Nadia Jebril / Sveriges Radio.

A number of Palestinian asylum seekers who went on a hunger strike demanding the right to stay in Sweden have been granted asylum, news agency TT reports.

On Wednesday, Swedish Migration Agency issued several residence permits to some of the Palestinians who protested for longer than a month outside the agency's offices in Malmö.

"It started with two, and right now it's up to 11 permanent residency permits," said Tobias Lohse, who has been supporting the group since their protests began. Those with residence permits are among the group of about 100 Palestinians...