november 2, 2016 sweden on the brink? police force pushed to breaking point by violence amid migrant influx 




the scandinavian country is facing an existential crisis with on average three police officers handing in their resignations a day. 




if the alarming trend continues, and police officers continue to resign more than 1,000 officers will have quit the service by new years. 




since the migrant crisis began last summer, sweden has been hit by a series of brutal crimes and violent incidents. 




in 2015 alone sweden, with a population of 9.5million, received over 160,000 asylum applications and the country is expected to take as many as 190,000 refugees, or two per cent of the population, by the end of 2016. 





sweden on the brink? police force pushed to breaking point by violence amid migrant influx
kaitlyn stegall