SwedenWant to escape bad weather, soaring prices and gang crime - and only just over a third are sure they want to stay in Sweden after retirement.
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Swedish criminologists: No link between immigration and violent crime
Sweden“Little to no link between the proportion of immigrants in a municipality and reported violent crime", argues Amber Beckley, associate professor of criminology and senior lecturer at Örebro University.
Sweden: Despite “paradigm shift” – mass immigration to continue in 2024
SwedenAlmost 100,000 residence permits were granted last year - despite Kristersson's promises to tighten migration policy.
Prime Minister to Syrian migrants: “Time to come home”
WorldSyria's Prime Minister calls on migrants around the world to return home and rebuild the country.
Sweden sees continued high immigration under Tidö government
SwedenFigures suggest that around 100,000 new residence permits will be issued in 2024.
Netherlands seeks exemption from EU asylum rules
EuropeWants to strengthen its own control over the country's asylum policy.
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Germany tightens border controls: “Must protect the population”
EuropeThe government now says that Germans must be protected from Islamist terrorism and crime.
Emigration is now greater than immigration to Sweden
Sweden"The government's work is paying off. The number of asylum applications is heading towards a historically low level", said Migration Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (M).
EU commissioner Ylva Johansson: “The EU needs at least 1 million migrants per year”
EuropeThe EU Commissioner refers to the "ageing population".
Boat immigrants stay in luxury hotels in the UK
WorldThe arrangement costs the taxpayers 8 million pounds – per day.
Poland rejects EU migration reform
WorldThe European Commission wants to fine countries that refuse to accept migrants.
“Population replacement policy a verifiable fact”
DebateThe demographic policy pursued in Sweden and Western Europe can be seen as an ongoing population replacement. So writes Kyösti Tarvainen, Associate Professor Emeritus of Systems Analysis.
30,000 Afghans flown to Canada – via UN project
WorldCanada's immigration minister believes the country can take in even more and promises to "help as many vulnerable Afghans as possible".
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