Commentary
The most famous asylum seeker from China today, Baolige Wurina, is again facing potential denial of his asylum request, deportation to China, and certain persecution. Sweden, otherwise known as a safe haven for the persecuted, risks ruining its reputation due to its sheer ignorance of communist China.
The case got the attention of Swedish and international media. Considering Baolige’s deteriorating situation in his home region—China’s increasingly restive Inner Mongolia region—and Sweden’s normally generous refugee policy, it is, even to this Swedish writer, baffling why the country’s immigration board seems so set on having him sent back….