http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/9171980/Swedish-towns-free-land-offer-backfires-after-Polish-influx.html
A small town in northern Sweden suspended its offer of 100 free plots of land...after just 3 days...because of an overwhelming response from Poland.
Some 1,500 Poles called officials in Nordmaling...after a Polish newspaper story publicized the offer.
The town even had to hire a Polish translator.
"For 3 days, I did nothing other than answer the phone, including my mobile. I couldn't handle it," said an official.
The population 2,600 town...365 miles north of Stockholm...wants to boost decades of a declining population.
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