Scouts from Beirut kept out of Sweden

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Scouts from Beirut kept out of Sweden

 

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/07/12/scouts_from_beirut_kept_out_of_sweden/9880/

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 12 (UPI) -- The Swedish Embassy in Damascus has denied visa applications to a group of Boy Scouts from northern Beirut who wanted to attend a jamboree in Sweden.

 

Sveriges Radio said the decision went against the Swedish Foreign Ministry's request that embassies look favorably on visa applications from scouts intending to take part in the jamboree, the Swedish newspaper The Local reported Wednesday.

 

"I think they are worried that the scouts will arrive in Sweden and decide to stay here rather than travel back home," Johan Strid, head of the Swedish scout movement, told Sveriges Radio.