Six things Sweden’s politicians get wrong about segregation

[Deeq A.]

Immigration is looming large as a topic in Sweden’s 2022 general election.The far-right parties have often taken a harsh stance towards immigrants, so there is nothing new in the “Sweden is for the Swedes” brand of ethnonationalism offered by the Sweden Democrats. What is new is the Social Democrats’ embrace of this harsh rhetoric, combining the complicated social problems of segregation, struggling schools, and gang violence under a single heading: “failed integration”.

Source: Hiiraan Online