The AGPS translated the full text of the agreement announced by the European Commission on Monday into Arabic language, which was agreed upon by the European Union and Balkan leaders during their meeting in Brussels.
The plan consists of 17 points for cooperation regarding facing the flow of migrants across the Balkan Peninsula. Â Among the measures that were agreed upon during the meeting, the need to provide 100,000 places in reception centers along the way from Greece to Germany, half of them in Greece and the other half along the western Balkans, and the UNRWA will help to be set up.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said that 11 leaders from the European Union and the Balkans have agreed to refrain taking “unilaterally” decisions in the immigration crisis that would negatively affect others, and added that during the meeting all leaders confirmed their commitment to exchange information on refugee flows.
The AGPS published the full translated text of the agreement attached with the original English text.
In the same context, the Swedish Minister for Immigration and justice, Morgan Johansson, stressed that the application of the government agreement with the opposition parties about tightening of immigration laws, may take time for at least a year, he said,”long waiting periods required to deciding asylum may undergo the new arrivals to Sweden to the new legislation when it is applied.”
The official site of Al Kompis media network transferred Johansson interview to the “Sidesvenksan” newspaper, as he said “If we were able to save time, the new legislation will be possible starting from December 2016 or January 2017.”
The government has announced its agreement with the opposition on granting of temporary residence permit for three years instead of permanent, in addition to the new measures concerning the refugees. Mr. Johansson said ,”, even then, the Swedish Migration Board will continue to grant permanent residence permits, but those who arrive in Sweden now, may be treated in accordance with the new regulations because of long waits”.
He continued, “waiting long periods and may take more than a year, means that almost all the issues coming to Sweden now, will be considered under the new legislation.”
 It is worth mentioning that thousands of Palestinian refugees arrived in Sweden to escape the war in Syria in order to obtain permanent residency and citizenship, in addition they are classified as stateless.
 Meanwhile, some of them are suffering from delays in the procedures for obtaining residence and which had lasted more than a year in some cases.
Refugees also find great difficulties in securing private house, especially that most of them prefer to live southern Sweden which has led to significant high demand for homes, while Swedish Immigration Service attributed the delay of issuing residencies for that reason.Â