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[โ€“] Iceblade02@feddit.nu 3 points 2 days ago

In a sense, you're correct. It is an integration and assimilation problem. Sweden received more than 10% of our population as migrants during the 2010 migration crisis, largely without vetting anybody. A number which was completely impossible for our systems to cope with.

SFI (Swedish for Immigrants) was completely overwhelmed, leading to a majority never learning our national language in a society where reading is necessary for basic functioning and residents are expected to be capable of reading. Unlike migrants from asia or the west, they didn't know english either. Furthermore, the sheer and rapid population increase has caused a significant and continuing housing shortage and strained essentially every welfare institution.