Swedish migration minister blames Spain's migration policies for Ceuta crisis, Foxtrot leader sentenced to prison in Iraq, and other news from Sweden on Tuesday.

Swedish migration minister blames Spain's migration policies for Ceuta crisis, Foxtrot leader sentenced to prison in Iraq, and other news from Sweden on Tuesday. Swedish Migration Minister Johan Forssell has called on Spain's government to "take back control" and learn from Sweden, after over 60,000 migrants passed over the border to its North African enclave of Ceuta last week. "We warned of the risks of that. When you have large amnesties for people who have no right of asylum, that creates incentives for people who have no right of asylum to come to Europe," he said. He compared the situation to that which Sweden faced in 2014 and 2015 when around 244,000 people applied for asylum in Sweden. "Sweden had similar policies previously, ten years ago when 250,000 people came in two years. We have learned the lessons from that. That's why we've remade our policies. But Spain has gone in the other direction, and yes, many of us warned that this could have consequences – which it has as well." The Polish ultraswimmer Bartlomiej Kubkowski arrived in the Polish town of Dziwnów on Sunday after swimming a gruelling 160km stretch of the Baltic from Kåseberga in Skåne. The swimmer was affected by hallucinations along the route, high waves, cold and wind. While he had support boats which provided him with drinks and food, he was not permitted to hold on to it or even touch the support boat. One of the leaders of the Foxtrot gang, who is suspected of ordering a shooting in Gävle, has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Iraq, where he has been held awaiting trial since December for drug trafficking.