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Merkel faces fresh migrant crisis turmoil with Sweden threatening to take Germany to court

The Nordic country has lashed out against its fellow EU member claiming it is breaching a convention which says countries can send migrants back to where they were originally registered.

Stockholm says Germany is refusing to cooperate and has threatened to take Merkel’s government to the European Court of Justice over the issue.

It is also claiming it is suffering as a result Merkel’s open door migration policy, which has seen over a million arrive in Germany, and many then heading north to Scandinavia. Sweden has lashed out against its fellow EU member claiming it is breaching a convention

Swedish immigration minister Morgan Johansson said: “Not accepting the asylum seekers who registered in the country [Germany] would be breaching the Dublin Regulation.

“If they [decide to implement this policy] we will turn to the European Court of Justice.”

He said: “We have officially contacted the German government and we are not alone, other member states are also affected by this.” Sweden has threatened to take Merkel’s government to the European Court of Justice over the issue

We will turn to the European Court of Justice

Swedish Immigration Minister Morgan Johansson

The Dublin Regulation states an asylum application should be processed in the country where the applicant first registered.

Currently there are 700 asylum seekers who will have to have their application considered in Sweden instead of in Germany and the minister said the figure would rise in the future.

He said: “Of the 500-600 who come to Sweden every week many are already registered in Germany. 1 of 224 The Dublin Regulation states an application should be processed where the applicant first registered

“If we don’t return them to Germany there will be more in our asylum system.”

The minister added Germany's new refugee policy enforced Sweden’s need to maintain border controls and ID checks.

He said: “There are several hundred thousand asylum seekers in Germany that could move north to Sweden and Denmark. It would place high pressure on us when our asylum centres are full.” Catalonia to be LAWLESS: Region’s police will NOT follow Rajoy’s demands