Sweden’s Interior Minister says the government is planning to expel as many as 80,000 failed asylum-seekers.
Anders Ygeman said that charter aircraft would be used to deport the migrants over several years.
Some 163,000 migrants applied for asylum in Sweden in 2015, the highest per capital number in Europe of approximately 58,800 cases processed last year, 55 per cent were accepted.
Sweden recently introduced temporary border checks in a bid to control the influx of people. Along with Germany, the Scandinavian country which is a prime destination for refugees and other migrants entering the EU illegally.
The level of new arrivals has plunged since the beginning of January, when Sweden introduced systematic photo ID border checks, after stating that it has hit its limit in terms of receiving asylum seekers.
Swedish officials had been calling for greater security at asylum centers amid a surge in reports of violence.
Police officers had requested up to 4,100 new employees after a deadly stabbing attack in a refugee facility.
The attack happened at a center for underage, unaccompanied refugees in Mölndal, southern Sweden on Monday, where a 22-year-old female staff member was killed by a 15-year-old boy.
The victim was a psychology graduate, Alexandra Mezher. She was reportedly working the night shift alone when she was attacked. A motive for the attack was not immediately known.
