Sweden ‘faces greatest humanitarian challenge’

Swedish prime minister Stefan Loefven said the country faces the greatest humanitarian challenge in its history as he expressed outrage over reports of sexual assaults perpetrated by recent immigrants to Europe.

Sweden, which has a population of 9.8m, received 163,000 asylum applications in 2015, the highest ratio per capita in the EU, Loefven told parliament.

Support for Loefven’s government has fallen to a record low, with a survey by pollster Skop last week blaming the drop on its handling of the refugee crisis.