Refugee controversy in Sjöbo
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Refugee controversy in Sjöbo
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The refugee controversy in Sjöbo, Sweden are the surrounding events of the 1988 referendum that banned Sjöbo Municipality from admitting foreign refugees. In 1987, despite opposition and demonstrations, local Centre Party politician Sven-Olle Olsson (1929–2005), who was Sjöbo's municipal commissioner at the time, was successful in gaining the support of the Sjöbo municipal assembly to hold a referendum to decide if Sjöbo should ban the acceptance of foreign refugees. The controversial referendu
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1988 referendum about accepting refugees in Sjöbo, Sweden
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2024-03-22T10:15:37Z
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