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   accommodation must take precedent over regulation looking at prices or
   profits at the moment,” the spokesman said.

   More than 86,000 people have applied for asylum in Sweden so far in
   2015, already surpassing the previous record of 84,000 for the whole of
   1992 during the Balkan wars.

   More unaccompanied refugee children will arrive in Sweden this year
   than in any other EU country. The ceiling on state payments to
   accommodate children is far higher than that for adults, attracting
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   The company Vardaga, which has come under fierce criticism for
   standards of elderly care, said accommodation for child refugees
   involved high personnel costs, long lead-times and a high degree of
   uncertainty. “All of this adds up to €200 (£150) a day for kids,” said
   the firm’s CEO, Fredrik Gren. “After three years in the sector we are
   still not breaking even.”

   Jokarjo, the largest private provider of refugee accommodation for
   adults, has grown explosively. Its owner, Bert Karlsson, says he aims
   to create an “Ikea for asylum reception” – the company trebled its
   turnover between 2013 and 2014. Challenged last week by reporter
   Carolina Neurath over charging the state SKr350 a refugee, Karlsson
   lost his temper and accused her of being “fucking stupid” to suggest a
   third of the money was profit.
   A postman rides his bike outside the Sundbyberg facility.
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   A postman passes the Sundbyberg refugee shelter. Photograph: Jonathan
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   In an irony not lost on most observers, in 1991 Karlsson launched the
   anti-immigration New Democracy party in Sweden, a short-lived
   forerunner of the Sweden Democrats, who last week announced an
   advertising campaign telling refugees not to come to Sweden because
   “the country is full”.
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   Related: Sweden's liberal reputation tarnished as race attacks rise

   About 44% of respondents in an Ipsos poll in September said Sweden
   should take more refugees – an increase of 18 percentage points since
   February – while 30% were opposed. Almost a third of Swedes said they
   were willing to house a refugee in their home.

   Some private sector providers of refugee accommodation are serious, but
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