All this might be true but the discrepancy between the way the rules are enforced for those who take care of themselves and show potential for being of benefit

All this might be true but the discrepancy between the way the rules are enforced for those who take care of themselves and show potential for being of benefit to society versus the near total lack of deportation of criminal foreigners is having a big impact on the way people view the actions of the justice department and other institutions. It has now come so far that there are nearly daily occurrences of this lackadaisical attitude from prosecutors and district courts where criminals are slapped on the wrist for aggravated rape, robbery, manslaughter and downright murder. The government - I'm tempted to put the term between scare quotes - claims that they want to work towards the reduction of negative attitudes towards migrants from the Middle-East and Africa but their actions lead to exactly the opposite. This is not just a big-city problem either. I live in a small community (13.000 people spread over about 350 km2 in the west of Sweden) where the local council has hired two recent immigrants for a project to "promote integration and reduce fighting between immigrant factions" at the local primary school. Unbeknown to outsiders but known by the council was that one of them had been arrested for trying to kill members of an opposing clan. Both have been arrested for sexual assault against girls at the school. Neither of them faces deportation, neither of them faces prison. No explanation nor apology from the council for their lack of oversight and common sense and - probably even worse - no way to discuss this without being labelled 'racist'. Actions like these only serve to increase the pressure in an already turbulent country. Going by the letter of the law where it concerns people who mean well while turning a blind eye - and even showing consideration and understanding - towards criminals has the potential to break one of the main factors which made it possible for Sweden to become the success it was: the large trust in society and its institutions. Without this trust there is no way for the current welfare state to continue, and without the welfare state Sweden will no longer be the country it used to be.