Sweden is set to grant protection to all Uighurs seeking refugee status citing the United Nation’s concerns that China is holding up to a million of them in ‘re-education camps’.
This decision comes as part of the effort to protect the Turkic minority from alleged internment camps in China and will make it easier for them to gain asylum and residence permits in the country.
The Swedish Migration Agency has announced that all Uighurs will be granted protection status upon presentation of sufficient evidence to prove they face persecution.