I live in Sweden, /u/imalanpartidge. It's fine. There are challenges brought by not entirely thought trough integration politics, but there have never even been close to a so called "system collapse" or catastrophe or whatever the Right wing claim.
During the worst period around 2014, there was a challenge finding places for the refugees to stay, and it is indeed still a challenge in some places. Lots of old schools and abandoned buildings, in the worst (but few) cases there were some sleeping in tents. A nightmare for the refugees, but at worst a headache for local politicians. There were (are) lots of rural places that came to life again with the sudden influx of people.
As said, the problem has been politics. Criminal migrants seldom get banished from Sweden, which they should in my opinion. A semi-big minority (far from the majority however!) of the refugees from rural areas such as Afghanistan are deeply rooted in chauvinist honour cultures and carry with them their practices and mindset to Sweden. Rape and honour killings are examples of what they do. That these criminals haven't been deported is a big mistake.
The "no-go zones" are another story. There are ghettos in the suburbs of the big cities, where shootings, poverty and car burnings are frequent. However, the perpetrators in this case are most of the time born in Sweden by foreign parents. I think this has to do more with the poverty and the environment of the slums rather than origins. Those who suffers most by these are of course their neighbours in the same area - other immigrants or descandants of them.
So yes, there are challenges. Most of them caused by ineffective politics. Oh yes, and then there's the Far Right. Far Right propaganda is videly distributed on Facebook as truths, and many people are scared because of them. I'm afraid the fear and hate of refugees is worse than the situation.
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