Sweden is such an interesting country. Arguably peak gender equality, but also child assassins and bombs right now. I hope they can sort out their issues.
Yes, "interesting" is the right word. The government is talking about suspending cell phones for kids in connection to that. But honestly, what's really scary right now is how many kids and young adults seem to be "zombified" (for lack of a better word), and how bad this turns out later in the job market. Tomorrow I need to have a serious talk with my boss about how we should not hire a prospect because of total lack of in-person interactivity. Immigrants from war and poverty-stricken countries are over-represented in our "successful hires" pool because they still know how to speak.
On the other hand, the rest of the world never know about the latest bi-monthly school shooting in the US.
Wishing it away doesn't make it any less true.
Sweden has always had a fairly high crime rate. Immigrants didn't make it worse, but blaming them just made an existing problem more visible.
And yes, 2nd generation immigrants are clearly over represented when it comes to crime, in Sweden and every wheee else.
In Sweden these issues are pronounced because of a ridiculous taboo that existed 1995-2020 to even discuss this problem.
But it turns out, if you import >1 million people from dysfunctional societies with entirely different cultures, while sticking your head in the sand, you will faces issues…
FWIW I am from Sweden, was born in 1986. These problems were obvious to me.
The other point was that the arrival of immigrants did not increase the crime rate.