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The Latest: A record number of 10,200 asylum-seekers arrive in Sweden in 1 week

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    People wait in a queue to be allowed to pass from the northern Greek village of Idomeni to southern Macedonia, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. Well over half a million migrants have arrived in Greece from Turkey and the vast majority don't want to stay so head north through the Balkans to other, more prosperous European Union countries. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos) (The Associated Press)

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    People wait in a queue to be allowed to pass from the northern Greek village of Idomeni to southern Macedonia, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. Well over half a million migrants have arrived in Greece from Turkey and the vast majority don't want to stay so head north through the Balkans to other, more prosperous European Union countries. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos) (The Associated Press)

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    Migrants and refugees wait in a queue inside a large tent, to be allowed to pass from the northern Greek village of Idomeni to southern Macedonia, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. Well over half a million migrants have arrived in Greece from Turkey and the vast majority don't want to stay so head north through the Balkans to other, more prosperous European Union countries. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos) (The Associated Press)

STOCKHOLM – The latest news as tens of thousands of people fleeing war or poverty make their way across Europe. All times local.

12:30 p.m.

Sweden says a record number of 10,201 asylum-seekers arrived in the country last week, bringing the total so far this year to more than 122,000.

The Migration Agency said Monday it was the first time since records began that the number of asylum-seekers arriving in Sweden exceeded 10,000 during seven days. Among them were 2,827 unaccompanied minors — also a new seven-day record.

More than 4,300 of the new arrivals came from Afghanistan, followed by some 2,720 from Syria and 1,400 from Iraq.

Last week, Sweden said it will request to transfer some migrants to other European countries under an EU relocation plan because migration authorities were overstretched by the large influx. About 160,000 asylum-seekers are expected this year, making Sweden the highest recipient of asylum-seekers per capita in the 28-nation bloc, according to government officials.