Sweden Tells Refugees `Stay in Germany' as Ikea Runs Out of Beds

An IKEA employee in the warehouse at the IKEA store in Malmo, Sweden.

Photographer: Jonathan Saruk/Getty Images
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Europe’s refugee crisis is having such a major impact in Sweden that even Ikea is running out of beds.

The Swedish furniture giant says its shops in Sweden and Germany are running short on mattresses and beds amid increased demand due to an unprecedented inflow of asylum seekers in the two countries.