Sweden Slowly Waking Up to the Crime Wave That Accompanied Mass Migration

Gang shootings, rapes and no-go zones? Government blamed as Sweden battles crime wave

FILE PHOTO: Firemen in the suburb of Rinkeby © Fredrik Sandberg / Reuters

Swedish authorities held an emergency meeting this week to discuss the recent spate of gang shootings that have plagued Sweden’s cities and made crime a major issue ahead of elections in September.

The centre-left government in Stockholm has been facing a backlash over the recent crime wave — and the elephant in the room is migration.

1. Gang violence on the rise

A record-high number of people (43) were killed in shootings in Sweden in 2017 — up massively from just eight in 2006. Sweden’s Justice Minister Morgan Johansson acknowledged to news agency TT that there had been “a lot of shootings and deaths in a short time.”

Police forensics investigate the scene in central Malmo, June 18, 2018. © Johan Nilsson / Reuters

In one of the latest incidents, six men were shot and three of them killed in a drive-by shooting last month in the southern city of Malmo — a place where more than 40 percent of the population are non-Swedish. The victims were members of one of a number of gangs, the police said.

According to data from the World Health Organization, Sweden has one of the highest levels of lethal gun violence in Europe. More than 300 shootings occurred in Sweden in 2017 and a report that year suggested that more than 90 percent of shooting suspects came from immigrant backgrounds.

2. Nearly 250,000 migrants between 2014-2015

A line of refugees arriving from Denmark at the Hyllie train station outside Malmo, Sweden, November 19, 2015. © Johan Nilsson / Reuters

Sweden has accepted more migrants per capita than any other European Union member state, welcoming nearly 250,000 people between 2014 and 2015. At the time, those that warned against inviting in such huge numbers of people were often branded as prejudicial — but three years on, the government is accused of being blind to the problems that many say the wave of migration has caused. Links have been consistently drawn by politicians, the media and many ordinary Swedes themselves between migration and the increasing levels of certain kinds of crime.

Unwillingness to listen to those who express genuine concerns has now led to increasing numbers of people turning towards right-wing politicians who are not shy about expressing their anti-immigrant sentiments and inflaming the situation further.

3. No-go zones?

Firefighters are seen as several cars were set on fire in Rinkeby suburb © Christine Olsson

Across Europe, the term ‘no-go zone’ is typically used to describe a crime-ridden, immigrant-dominated area where people — even the police — are often afraid to venture into. The existence of these ‘no-go zones’ has been the subject of much controversy and debate, with some suggesting the very concept is discriminatory.

Is it discriminatory if it's true?

But if anything confirmed the existence of such places, it was the suggestion in January this year by Prime Minister Stefan Lofven that the government could deploy military units to cut crime in immigrant-dominated areas of Swedish cities.

In 2017, Nima Gholam Ali Pour, a member of the nationalist Swedish Democrats party, said these areas do in fact exist in Sweden. Ali Pour said that while the government had begun to spend more money on policing, there are areas “where the police have issues doing their job — the so-called ‘no-go zones’.”

These so-called no-go zones, however they are defined, are starkly different, culturally, from the areas in their surrounds. This creates both social alienation and resentment on behalf of those living in the areas — and those on the outside who feel threatened by newcomers and their lack of social integration.

That lack of integration is due to a host of reasons including lack of education and jobs, inability to speak the local language, hostility from natives — and indeed unwillingness by some migrants to fully assimilate into the culture of their host city and country.

They leave Islam because it is not fit to live in, come to Europe, and bring Islam with them. How utterly insane!

4. Rapes rising, police ‘can’t cope’

A police officer at the campsite at Bravalla Festival in Norrkoping, Sweden July 1, 2016. © Izabelle Nordfjell / Reuters

The issue of the rising numbers of rapes in Sweden has also been a contentious one — and has frequently been linked to the sudden influx of migrants from the Middle East and North Africa.

In 2017, when a journalist asked why a man suspected of raping a 12-year-old child two months prior had still not been interviewed, police said they“cannot cope” with the growing number of rapes cases in the country. Justice Minister Johansson said it was “not right” that police think they “don’t have time” to investigate rapes. “They need to review their priorities,” he said.

But, in his interview, Ali Pour backed up police claims, saying they “just do not have enough resources” and that they have “lacked political support” to properly do their jobs. He said the migrant issue is “part of the problem” and that police were “not prepared” for problems that would result from the wave of migration.

Stefan has sacrificed the Swedish way of life and how many dozens of young Swedish girls to his insanely stupid, far-left, politically correct beliefs. He was completely unprepared, the country was completely unprepared, but the media supported him 100%. Now you have a mess on your hands that is not going to go away by itself, nor can it be fixed by those fools who created it. You need a big change in Sweden both in the government and media.

Austria: Migrant Crime Increased by 54%

By Vincent van den Born

According to Austrian Kronen Zeitung, the crime statistics, published by the Ministry of the Interior on 6 March, present an overall unpleasant picture. Although police have been able to solve more crime than in any other year during the past decade, they still only manage to solve under 46%. 

Meanwhile, Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka reported that the number of reported crimes rose to 537,792, up 3.8% from last year. The newspaper calls the number of reported crimes in which asylum seekers are involved “particularly alarming” with a rise of 54%. Most offences were committed by Afghans, with 5072 of them suspected of a crime in 2016.

According to the criminal statistics, most complaints, 1622, were filed against perpetrators between 14 and 17 years of age. 1208 complaints were filed against migrants aged between 18 and 20. Besides Afghans, asylum seekers from Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria and Syria come into contact with the police, mostly committing petty theft (4684 cases), followed by cases involving bodily harm and drug related incidents.

Burglaries are less popular: the number of reported burglaries went down 16.4%, the lowest level in ten years. Most perpetrators in this category are foreign as well: Mostly Romanians, followed by Serbians, Georgians, Albanians and Croats. An increase (almost 7%) can be seen in crimes involving violence, with two out of three cases having a domestic background. According to the figures, foreigners, again play a major role, with most cases the result of disputes among migrants. 

Additionally, almost 2000 cases of minor bodily injuries were recorded. Knives, by the way, are most popular. Police were very successful in solving these cases though: according to Sobotka, an 83.9% rate of solved crimes is proof of great investigative work by the police.

A touch sarcastically, Krone Zeitung writes that the ministry wants to work hard to make Austria even safer. The number of police officers will be increased by more than 1500, with investments in equipment to the tune of €110 million. Sobotka, however, also expects the population to be vigilant and to be given more rights when it comes to security issues. This is intended to strengthen the confidence and trust of the Austrians in the government. According to Sobotka: “it takes a society that sees things, and not one of looking away.” - Really, how un-European an attitude is that!

Racially Motivated Violence Injures Several People on Corsica

Violent Corsica brawl: 4 injured, cars burnt in clashes between locals & N. Africans 

At least four people, including a pregnant woman, were injured in a violent brawl between locals and “foreigners,” presumably from North Africa, on the island of Corsica, French media reports. Some 100 police officers had to be deployed to calm the situation.

The brawl broke out in the Sisco commune of France’s Haute-Corse department on Saturday evening, France 3 Corsica reported.

France 3 Corsica cited local witnesses who claimed that a spat began when some tourists took a picture of a group of ten North Africans, including a pregnant woman and children, who were sitting on a beach. The North Africans made it clear that they didn’t want to be photographed, but then a group of Corsicans arrived and also started a discussion that escalated into a confrontation.

The paper reported that three vehicles belonging to young people of North African origin had been burned in the encounter.


Some 40 Corsicans attacked the members of two Moroccan families that were living on the island, according to BFMTV. Stones and bottles were reportedly thrown at the Moroccans and three of their vehicles were burned, the channel said. The cause of the brawl has yet to be determined, French media said.

The French Interior Ministry later confirmed that the incident had taken place, but didn’t specify the nationality of the people attacked, simply calling them “foreigners.”

“Four people injured, including a pregnant woman, were evacuated to the hospital in Bastia,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that “three vehicles were burned, causing severe traffic disruption.”

The ministry said that some 100 police officers had been dispatched to the scene to bring the situation under control.

France 3 Corsica put the number of people injured in the brawl at five, two of whom were Corsicans and three of North African origin. In addition to the pregnant woman, the injured included one more woman, a child, and a man. BFMTV reported, citing its sources.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said that he was calling for an investigation into the incident, while urging everyone to stay “calm” and maintain “a sense of responsibility.”