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Anders Knape warned that the Swedish municipalities may not be able to handle the costs of so many new migrants taking residency in Sweden as part of the family reunification programme, and, according to areportin the newspaper Aftonbladet, said, [Sweden is] facing the second wave of refugee reception, the family migration.As we dont know how big it gets.It can be extremely powerful and mean that we are approaching the figures we experienced in 2015 and 2016.

Much of the family migration will end up, at least initially, in places that already have a strained situation, Knape explained. Several municipalities in Sweden are already feeling the effects of mass migration, with some leaders, such asUrban Hansson Brusewitz, head of theNational Institute of Economic Research (KI), saying that the local governments could be forced to raise taxes as a result.

Fredrik Sderberg Bruce, Head of Press at the Migration Board, resisted Knapes claims, however, saying: In 2019, we estimate that approximately 27,000 people will be received in the countrys municipalities, then reduce to about 20,000 people in 2020 and 2021. This can be compared with 2016 and 2017 when approximately 68,000 people were received in the countrys municipalities annually.

Knape responded that, while he did not want to mislead people, the Migration Board had also been wrong in the past: The regulations facilitate family migration.This may mean that over time, a large group will come and we must be prepared for it in our operations, he explained.

Sweden, with a population of only around 10 million, is expected to receive far more family reunification migrants this year, withSwedish Minister of Migration Morgan Johansson arguing that the increase would be good for integration efforts.

I think it is a very good humanitarian measure, it is about 90 percentwomen and children who have long lived in refugee camps who can now be reunited with their father or husband in Sweden, Johansson claimed.

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Swedish Municipalities Head: Chain Migration Causing New Migrant Crisis