First of all, thank you for your eloquent response. I realize this is a sensitive topic, and I apologize for my harsh language. The feelings and sentiments that have grown within me over the last 20 years are real, however. Your solution to the massive influx of immigrants is good in theory, but in practice it is lacking. No one adheres to the Dublin Regulations anymore. People move here, seemingly without having proper reasons for residency. You are supposed to seek asylum in the first country in the EU, and that is never Sweden. Also, how come the people arriving here always come from the same countries? Eritrea, Somalia, Iraq, Syria. As far as I know, there are no wars in the first three of those countries. Not to mention the fact that many of those people return to their countries of origin on "vacation" once having received resident status. When shit went down in Israel/Palestine Swedish public service interviewed people with Swedish citizenship living there. One of them spoke no English, let alone Swedish. The interview was conducted in Arabic, with an interpreter. The reporter from SR (Swedish public service radio) never once thought to ask the question how come someone with a Swedish citizenship lives in the country they seemingly fled from, let alone why said person spoke no Swedish. While I realize the number of citizenships bestowed upon foreigners hardly are the responsibility of radio reporters, bear in mind that our public service radio and television channels receive yearly grants of nine billion SEK (roughly 854 838 100 US dollars). Do they not have a responsibility to question things?
That is the other problem. The toxic discussion climate and the problems of trying to have a civil discourse in public about these things. It's either being for something or being against it. There is no middle ground, no nuances. I am not kidding when I say that our dailies and evening papers, as well as politicians, celebrities and others have been putting equal signs between being critical of how migration policies work and how they relate to the increase in certain types of crimes and things like concentration camps, gas chambers and ethnic cleansing. Seriously.
I'm going to stop here. I've already derailed the thread. But thanks again for giving me the benefit of doubt. This is what we need - serious discussions. This is a global problem and it is only going to get worse. The upcoming US elections come to mind.
