[torben-friis]

About 2% of Sweden's population are refugees (!). For contrast, for the US the figure is 0.1%

And it's not like they are in a border with an active war zone.

[advisedwang]

So? The convention says nothing about requiring a border with a conflict and nothing about a cap.

[torben-friis]

So I think calling them out for not helping enough is going to involve a lot of glass houses.

[zulux]

As I understand, asylum seekers are to stop at the first safe country. They don't get to pick wherever they want.

[advisedwang]

Each state is independently obligated not to return a refugee to a place of danger. The convention allows countries to make agreements to deport refugees to safe 3rd parties or stop refugees from transiting (like the EU has with Turkey). If Sweden finds another place for these refugees that's legal (and then that country has the obligation to eventually naturalize them).

Sweden is just not supposed to keep people in a permanent temporary state.

(Also, many asylum seekers just get on a plane, and for them Sweden may well be their first stop)