REFUGE CITIES The sympathy of last autumn towards asylum-seeking minors in the Gothenburg suburb of Mölndal has been drowned out by anger and suspicion – but the city is working hard to help these lone adolescents start afresh When Mustafa made it to Gothenburg in June, one of 35,000 unaccompanied minors to have claimed asylum in Sweden last year, a wave of compassion was sweeping the country. The 15-year-old had travelled on his own from Quetta, western Pakistan, via Iran, Turkey and Greece. Soon he had his own room in a former youth hostel in the countryside near Mölndal, a large suburb of Gothenburg in south-west Sweden, together with 12 other refugee children and seven permanent staff. Continue reading...
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