At an information meeting in Valdemarsvik, there are strong emotions.
The refugees there do not want to move from the place.
Someone says that he should lock himself in his room and refuse to come out when the Swedish Migration Board arrives.
- I am shocked, our apartment is not a castle but it is a security, it is our home, says Nour Al-Baaj who after fleeing Syria fought for many years to get a permanent place for his family.
150 people are forced to move from Valdemarsvik
The Swedish Migration Agency has 13,000 asylum seekers in its homes around the country, but now they want to streamline operations, partly because they have very few asylum cases now, the lowest number in more than 20 years and partly because they want all asylum seekers in homes close the five cities where asylum cases are tried, ie Boden, Uppsala, Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.
- Where is humanity?
those at the Swedish Migration Agency do not see these as people but only as files, says Nhela Ali (S) who has worked with the refugees in the municipality for many years and who is now also a municipal councilor in the municipality.
With 50 refugee children in schools and preschools, entire wards can now be closed at short notice.
The Swedish Migration Agency gets rid of staff
The Swedish Migration Agency notified about 80 people of dismissal in previous years and a few weeks ago the news came that another 172 were notified.
In Östergötland, there are now almost 500 refugees who have to move from their apartments in Valdemarsvik, Finspång and Norrköping.
Many of them may be forced to move already during the Christmas week.
Tobias Lundin is acting head of the Swedish Migration Agency East:
- I understand that it can be tough and difficult to move from a place where you feel comfortable, but the Migration Board's accommodation is temporary.