The reception centre for asylum seekers is pictured in Kirkenes, northern Norway, November 11, 2015. REUTERS/Gwladys Fouche
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden will impose temporary border controls from Thursday in response to a record influx of refugees, a turnaround for a country known for its open-door policies that also threw down the gauntlet to other EU nations hit by a migration crisis.
The decision by a Nordic state that touts itself as a "humanitarian superpower" underscored how the flow of refugees into the European Union is straining its prized system of open internal borders close to breaking point.
