Sweden went from almost entirely ethnic Swedish, with high levels of social cohesion and trust (easier to achieve in a monoethnic country), to one quarter of the population now being of a non-Swedish ethnicity, in a span of 50 years. It is now one of the most crime-ridden countries in Europe[0], with some having described it as the "grenade attack capital" of Europe.
I don't know why some keep on insisting that importing large numbers of people from vastly different cultural, political, and economic backgrounds, with neither a real plan on the government's part to integrate them nor a factual evidence of the immigrants being able to integrate well, is a good idea. Even worse are the blind accusations of racism when someone questions such policies.
I'm an immigrant myself (though not to Sweden), and I don't have anything against immigration; only the idea that people have an unrestricted right to be anywhere they please and behave in any way they please. "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." An idea so old it's literally from the Roman Empire.
Nobody wins in the scenario of Sweden: not the native Swedes, not the immigrants who want to integrate into Swedish society, who now face additional burdens of discrimination.
You have to go back a bit further than 50 years for that. The 1960s and 70s were the period of peak immigration from Finland to Sweden. Finland was a poor country with too many young people and too few opportunities, while Sweden had jobs and generous welfare policies. Many of the migrants could not integrate into the society, and too many of them ended up abusing drugs and alcohol and committing crime.
What happens now seems to be the same thing on a larger scale.
The source you posted has had articles written about it because one person managed to skew it alone, since it's just based on some online survey. Crime in sweden has actually been decreasing overall. Murders have been increasing lately but are also about the same as 30 years ago. The murder rate is lower than in Finland. It's the trend that is worrying. It is a serious issue, but no one benefits from sensantionalism
Other sources aren't going to differ much. Eurostat-backed data[0] shows that Sweden does poorly on many categories of crime, compared to Europe as a whole and especially compared to its neighbors.
While I agree that the government should plan better for integration, I still think people should be able to travel wherever they please. It seems incredibly unfair to deny those whose misfortune was being born in a poorer country.
If you look at how humans have identified in terms of communities, we’ve gone from a tribal identity all the way to a national identity. It only makes sense as we go on to become a global identity.
Also - Sweden has passed the threshold with immigrants in selected political positions (it's a really small country) so selected officials nowadays blocks anything conservative regarding nationality. Nobody wins.
Sweden went from almost entirely ethnic Swedish, with high levels of social cohesion and trust (easier to achieve in a monoethnic country), to one quarter of the population now being of a non-Swedish ethnicity, in a span of 50 years. It is now one of the most crime-ridden countries in Europe[0], with some having described it as the "grenade attack capital" of Europe.
I don't know why some keep on insisting that importing large numbers of people from vastly different cultural, political, and economic backgrounds, with neither a real plan on the government's part to integrate them nor a factual evidence of the immigrants being able to integrate well, is a good idea. Even worse are the blind accusations of racism when someone questions such policies.
I'm an immigrant myself (though not to Sweden), and I don't have anything against immigration; only the idea that people have an unrestricted right to be anywhere they please and behave in any way they please. "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." An idea so old it's literally from the Roman Empire.
Nobody wins in the scenario of Sweden: not the native Swedes, not the immigrants who want to integrate into Swedish society, who now face additional burdens of discrimination.
[0]: https://www.numbeo.com/crime/rankings_by_country.jsp?title=2...