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Published more: 2016-01-03 10:43 | SR - SVERIGES RADIO

Local government: Sweden can take more refugees

Unaccmpanied refugee children arrving in Malmö. Photo: TT/ Sveriges Radio.

Lyssna: "The other 200-220 municipalities can do more"

While many Swedish municipalities are having a hard time coping with the influx of refugees, a majority of them could take on many more asylum-seekers, if the distribution system was fairer, the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions says.

The association?s department head Per-Arne Andersson tells Swedish Radio News that only a handful of local councils are experiencing serious problems finding housing for refugees.

?There are 40-50 municipalities that are facing a crisis,? he says, ?but the other 200-220 municipalities say they can...