The University of Gävle in Sweden every year releases a “Diverity barometer” where people in Sweden are asked about their attitudes towards diversity. In the latest barometer they conclude that Swedes’ attitudes towards giving immigrants their cultural rights have become more negative, at the same time more people have positive experiences of having an immigrant colleague at work. In the question... 

Young Swedes are having an “alarmingly” difficult time finding a home in their country as cities are greatly prioritizing migrants over them, according to a government survey. All of Sweden’s 290 cities participated in the survey with 130 of them reporting to prioritize new arrivals over any other demographic for housing; only 12 cities preferred young Swedes. “The figures are, nevertheless,... 

City workers in Malmö, Sweden, have been issued a list of safety tips and protocols to follow when they are moving about in public spaces, according to local media. An email sent to government employees was obtained by Expressen and serves as a stark indicator of the deteriorating conditions in one of Sweden’s most troubled cities, despite local officials consistently claiming that all is well... 

Migrants have been living rent-free in Norsjö, Sweden, for over two years, according to local media. Officials are developing individual repayment plans to retroactively claim the 717,314 SEK ($75,436) in missed rents while also blaming themselves for failing to send rental leases, giving the new arrivals the benefit of the doubt. “You might think you should react when you don’t get a [rental... 

Sweden has revealed findings indicating that 90 percent of Moroccan migrants who claim to be ‘minors’ are actually adults. New cooperation between Swedish and Moroccan authorities, and also between Swedish border police and social services, have enabled law enforcement to check fingerprints of ‘asylum seekers’ claiming to be children, and discovered that a mere 10 percent are telling the truth,... 

Swedish Education Minister Anna Ekström has suggested that religious schools are “bad for society” and that stopping them was essential for integration. The Swedish government intends to stop the future establishment of private charter schools, as a means of indicating that it is a secular state. As a result of a consensus between the ruling left-of-the-centre red-green coalition and its junior... 

A new study conducted by Professor Emeritus in Economics Lars Calmsfors has revealed that Sweden compared to Norway, Denmark, and Finland has the most difficulty integrating newly arrived migrants into the labor force. In the study, Professor Calmsfors notes that one of the central problems with getting newly arrived migrants to work is that most are unskilled or low-skilled workers, and the hurdles... 

While the number of reported sex offences has been on the increase in recent decades, with 2018 being a peak year in rapes, a new report by the Swedish authorities has triggered strong criticism over alleged bias and the use of scientifically unsound methods. A recent report by the Swedish Crime Prevention Council (Brå) has come under fire for failing to establish a connection between the 2015 migrant... 

A new survey regarding attitudes towards migration across Europe has found more than half of Swedes say they do not want to see the country take in more refugees, making it one of the most migration-sceptic nations. Around 8,000 people in Germany, Poland, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Belgium, France and Sweden were asked a series of questions in the survey by YouGov, including: “Do you agree with the... 

After confirming the reopening of the rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Sweden’s Director of Public Prosecutions Eva-Marie Persson has confirmed that Sweden will seek his extradition to face trial. The 47-year-old is currently being held at Belmarsh prison in London after he was found guilty of skipping bail and sentenced to 50 weeks in jail. He avoided extradition to... 

The new automatic “hate-detecting” machine is claimed to assist authorities in weeding out hate speech, online abuse, and incitement of ethnic hatred. Many Swedes, however, have interpreted it as the “thought police” and an encroachment on free speech. The Swedish Police have in collaboration with the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) and Uppsala University developed a... 

A Swedish rehabilitation program for convicted pedophiles and other sex offenders that has been used for decades has been criticised for giving the opposite effect to that intended. Prisoners who have undergone the so-called Ros program (“Ros” stands for “relationship and coexistence”), are at increased risk for a relapse into criminal behaviour when they are released. The term “prison correctional... 

A Swedish artist’s jail term was extended after he committed the “hate crime” of saying that Muslim migrants do not integrate and that rape culture is a massive problem in Middle Eastern cultures. Street artist and provocateur Dan Park was originally jailed for three months after he tweeted that, “Rape culture is fundamental and OK among MENA [Middle East and North African] people”. Park... 

Police in Malmö, Sweden, have begun using loudspeakers as a tool to fight crime in public spaces, according to local media. Officers hope to discourage or interrupt illegal activity by playing prerecorded warnings or delivering verbal commands through the speakers, Fria Tider reports. Authorities are touting the pilot program as it is rolled out in key locations across the culturally-enriched city,... 

Today, around 120,000 Syriac Christians reside in Sweden. While many of them fled genocide in the Middle East, attacks against their churches and threats against their organisations are still not uncommon. Following repeated threats, the Syriac National Federation in Sweden has stepped up security measures, from camera surveillance to its own security guards, the news outlet Samhällsnytt reported. A...