All municipalities in Kalmar and Kronoberg counties have been commissioned to produce a summary of how many emergency housing units they can quickly rattle together for the expected wave of refugees from Ukraine.
On Thursday, most municipalities answered
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We are now working hard to solve even more housing places - and Thursday's figures may well have increased until Friday.
- It is clear that all municipalities are working on the issue and realize that they have a responsibility to help solve this, says Johan Hammargren, chief of staff of the crisis management staff at the County Administrative Board in Kalmar County who compiles the information for the Swedish Migration Board.
It is unclear if the places are needed
The Swedish Migration Agency has requested help from the municipalities to develop 12,000 places to live in Sweden for Ukrainian refugees.
But it is still unclear whether the evacuation sites will need to be used.
A large part of the refugees from Ukraine who have so far come to Sweden have either solved their housing themselves via, for example, friends and relatives, and volunteers around the country have also opened up their homes.
The places that have now been compiled are primarily for refugees who have been registered with the Swedish Migration Board, something some refugees have so far been reluctant to do, as immigrants have the right to stay in Sweden on a tourist visa for 90 days without registration with the Swedish Migration Board.