For the longest time the country of Sweden professed no problems with mass immigration. Swedes commonly mouthed the cliches about the “enrichment” of multiculturalism and diversity. Now it seems that reality is finally catching up with that Nordic nation.
Recently, it has cut the flow of people claiming asylum, and the country for the first time in 50 years has more people leaving than coming. Maria Malmer Stenergard, the minister for migration, links excessive immigration to a number of social problems.
She noted that “Large-scale immigration, combined with a lack of efficient integration, has led to widespread social exclusion, with many people suffering as a result. This includes overcrowded housing, poor educational outcomes, honour-related oppression, and crime.”
The latter has been become a significant problem in once peaceful and law-abiding Sweden. The country now has the highest rate of deaths from shootings in the European Union. “Unfortunately,” says Stenergard, “we observe higher crime rates among those born abroad and second-generation immigrants. We want to take responsibility for the shortcomings in integration. However, we cannot do so if high levels of immigration continue.”
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