My brother and his family are here in the US for the holidays. He has lived in Sweden for the past 16 years and both he and his wife work in Academia (which of course is typically a left leaning profession). I asked him what he thought of the current refugee crisis and he was not that concerned. He argued that a lot of the refugees coming in from Syria are highly educated and Sweden has vast amounts of unused land. Plus he said that the aging population will need workers to "take care of them". I brought up the fact that Sweden already has a population of Muslims who have not assimilated into Swedish culture. Also, Sweden actually has a decent birth rate compared with the rest of Europe.
He is however concerned about the amount Roma (Gypsies) flooding into the country as they beg on every street corner, even in the well to do Stockholm suburbs where he lives.
I would bet large sums of money that if I interviewed blue collar Swedes, I would get a different perspective on the refugee crisis. Sweden is a small country and would not take much for their culture and the country as they know it to be completely gone within a few generations if the mass migration of Muslims into Sweden continues at the current pace.
fan27
He is however concerned about the amount Roma (Gypsies) flooding into the country as they beg on every street corner, even in the well to do Stockholm suburbs where he lives.
I would bet large sums of money that if I interviewed blue collar Swedes, I would get a different perspective on the refugee crisis. Sweden is a small country and would not take much for their culture and the country as they know it to be completely gone within a few generations if the mass migration of Muslims into Sweden continues at the current pace.
fan27
