Sweden to grant China's Uighurs refugee status

Uighurs and other Muslim minorities who flee from China to Sweden will more easily be able to get a residence permit following a new decision from the Swedish Migration Agency.

In a new official standpoint, the agency said that it is sufficient for someone to be an Uighur for them to face a risk of persecution, according to Sveriges Radio.

This means that members of these minorities do not need to prove that they as individuals face a specific risk of persecution in order for their applications to be granted, the Local reported.

Deportations of Uighurs were temporarily halted in Sweden in September, and according to the agency, the situation in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang has worsened.