Refugee Controversy in Sjobo (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The refugee controversy in Sjobo, Sweden, refers to the surrounding events of the 1988 referendum that banned the Sjobo Municipality from admitting foreign refugees. In 1987, despite opposition and demonstrations, local Centre Party politician Sven-Olle Olsson (1929-2005), who was Sjobo's Municipal commissioner at the time, was successful in gaining the support of the Sjobo municipal assembly to hold a referendum to decide if Sjobo should ban the acceptance of foreign refugees. The controversial referendum passed with a 67.4% majority for the ban in 1988, gaining Olsson and Sjobo much publicity in the Swedish media. The outcome was heavily criticized by Swedish media and politicians (including then-Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson).