Yeaah... the "no-go zone" topic is blown so much out of proportion it's a barren nuclear wasteland by now... which is how they seem to picture these oh-so-dangerous places. :P
Here's an interview on the subject, and a small quote;
There are no "no-go zones" in Sweden
He has seen examples from elsewhere in Europe, where police actually do seem to look upon certain areas as no-go zones. But this is very far from the work in the vulnerable areas in Sweden, said Åkerlund.
The advantage of having defined some areas as particularly vulnerable is that it has meant a significant rise in resources, said Erik Åkerlund. Today, there are twice as many police officers on the beat in Botkyrka compared to only a year and a half ago.
Listen to the full interview in English with police chief Åkerlund by clicking on the play button above.
This is the first part in a series about the so called 'no-go zones' and the image of Sweden abroad. You can listen to the other parts by clicking on the links below. We visit one of the areas to speak to local residents, and ask the Swedish Institute how reports about the "no-go zones" are affecting the image of Sweden abroad.
Well, there was the court's decision that it is ok for underaged girl to marry her 21 year old cousin. But then that thread got closed on this forum because "no media reported on it" or something. Aside from the local swedish newspapers I guess...
Here are the links, use google for translation:
http://speisa.com/modules/articles/i...-marriage.html
http://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten...och-hoggravid/
http://www.vlt.se/opinion/ledare/sak...tsatta-flickor
But I guess it's much easier to just decide that Trump is imagining stuff. It's not like anything of the sort could possibly take place in the rape capital of Europe.
Tino Sanandaji, the guy who has made a habit of taking other peoples research that show the opposite and adding his own pure speculation to twist it into something it isn't (and that was debunked by the original author). Also the guy married to a SD politician (nationalist far right-wing) that has made a full career on trying to twist facts to show immigration is bad, and completely making stuff up. No thanks.
AngryForeigner is our (less annoying) version of Milo pretty much.
Regarding numbers, SCB (Swedish Bureau of Statistics) and Ekonomifakta has our BNP growth at about 4-4.5% per year and unemployment at about 7% and has been going down ever since 2009. Net wealth is also at an all-time high and went up 5% last year. I'm a bit too tired to search for the SCB link at the moment (2am) but here are for Ekonomifakta.
http://www.ekonomifakta.se/Fakta/Arb.../Arbetsloshet/
http://www.ekonomifakta.se/Fakta/Eko...BNP---Sverige/
I just grabbed some from first page google search. Apart from not being as green due to winter, no different at all. I live near where one of those pictures were taken, and where I am it is even a lot nicer since 2008 as they are building a lot of new fancy apartments and improving the shopping mall and just improving stuff in general.
If you're going to quote stuff, don't include Speisa (spoiler, they use false news and hyperbole)... Have you actually read the Swedish articles?
Direct quote;
Domaren: "Vi utgår från barnets bästa"
Malin Toivainen, domare i förvaltningsrätten som fattat beslutet, har utgått från att familjen håller 21-åringen borta, så som de gjort under 2016, och att faster och farbror i det läget är 14-åringens bästa val.
– Vi utgår ifrån barnets bästa, och vad ligger då i hennes bästa? Om man utgår ifrån att det inte är säkert att hon får stanna i landet – är det bästa då att placera henne i ett etniskt svenskt familjehem som inte har hennes bakgrund, religion, traditioner? Eller att hon får bo på ett ställe där hon känner sig trygg, där hennes språk, kultur och religion delas? säger Malin Toivainen.
Barnombudsmannen och FN menar tvärtom att tidigt äktenskap är bland det mest otrygga som kan hända en flicka, hur ser du på det?
– Jag har ingen annan syn. Barn är barn. Barn ska få vara barn. Men nu har vi en situation att ta ställning till. Mannen ska enligt socialtjänstens utredning bo på annat håll. Då är detta det bästa. Det är inte så att förvaltningsrätten sanktionerar barnäktenskap.
Translation; he judge: "We have the child's best interests in mind"
Malin Toivainen, judge of the administrative court that made the decision, on the assumption that the family keeps the 21-year-old away, as they did in 2016, and the aunt and uncle is the 14-year-old best choice if those conditions are upheld
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- We assume the child best, and what is then in her best? Assuming that it is not certain that she will stay in the country - is the best time to place her in an ethnically Swedish family that does not have her background, religion, traditions? Or that she may live in a place where she feels safe, where her language, culture and religion is shared? says Malin Toivainen.
"The UN says on the contrary that early marriages are among the most insecure that can happen to a girl, how do you see it?"
- I have no other view. Children are children. Children will be children. But now we have a situation to deal with. The man should be in accordance with the social services investigation and stay elsewhere. Then this is the best option. It's not a case of administrative law sanctioning child marriage.
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"I Sverige har hon placerats hemma hos sin faster med familj" - "In Sweden she has been placed at home with her aunt and family".
Obviously the case hasn't been handled right, but there is no ruling that child marriage is acceptable, the court just reverted a "tvångsomhändertagande" and deemed it was better for the family to help her than the social care.
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BNP per capita has been steadily rising, except for last year when we accepted a huge wave of migrants, which of course will affect the short term statistics. And as said, unemployment is going down and wealth per capita is still rising.
Well yes, if you look at RIGHT NOW it is rising due to seasonal jobs, but the long term trend is declining and has been since 2009.
http://www.ekonomifakta.se/Fakta/Arb.../Arbetsloshet/
And no, 7% is not "very, very high", in fact "non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment" is at around 6.8%.