Refugees arriving in Sweden

By Ola Torkelsson – Refugees photographed with their belongings the day they arrived in Malmö, Sweden. Over 160000 refugees came to Sweden in 2016 and Malmö received most of them. From Malmö they were moved to different places in Sweden.

- There are so many refugees here in Malmö. I want to learn Swedish and start to work. I will take any job. Rezie from Afghanistan. Photo: Ola Torkelsson

- It feels good to be in Sweden. We are out of harms way and hope we can have a bright future here, says Alaa from Syria. Photo: Ola Torkelsson

- I feel stressed. My wife and I are doing this for our children. We hope they will have a great future here in Sweden. Photo: Ola Torkelsson

- We could only afford to send one person from our family so I went. I miss my family a lot. Ibrahim from Syria. Photo: Ola Torkelsson

- The journey was very difficult and hard for us. We could not afford to send everyone in the family so three of my children had to stay with relatives in Afghanistan. I have not talked to them in a long time. Sakineh, 43 years from Afghanistan.