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I lived in Scandinavia and saw the social situation frequently and personally. Sweden’s refugee acceptance rate was much higher than Norway’s for example. You

I lived in Scandinavia and saw the social situation frequently and personally. Sweden’s refugee acceptance rate was much higher than Norway’s for example. You have groups of people from different war zones bringing their own intra group conflicts to a new country, compounded with those groups interacting and having to deal with each other, with both coexistence and conflict. Regarding why they’re segregated, I don’t know for sure. But I suspect it’s a combination of people wanting to fulfill their social ideals with minimal upset to their existing standard of living. I’m also pretty certain there is some political division, as refugees are likely to vote for one party over another.

eesmith 5y ago
Sure, but Sweden's acceptance of refugees is not "unbridled mass immigration" as you described it. My comment was that if Norway and other countries accepted more refugees, then the work to integrate, support, etc. could have been distributed across more people. "Many hands make light work." Obviously if Sweden were the only country to accept refugees then they would be the only ones to have problems because of refugees. And the other countries would disrespect basic human rights. So why do you place the blame solely on the refugees and not also include those who refuse to offer aid or, as with my country, offer only pitiful aid? According to the article, the recent change in policing was driven by the authorities, not by "people wanting to fulfill their social ideals", etc. How can you be sure the earlier change wasn't also driven by authorities? (Had it been the US, racism would almost certainly have been a contributing factor. I can't speak to Sweden.)