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I was just browsing and found this article, with actual stats very interesting stuff.
http://www.businessinsider.com/sweden-refugees-trump-crime-rape-2017-2
My question goes from all the country's that have refugees, why is Sweden talked about so much? Maybe because is largely white and has...blonde girls?!
http://www.businessinsider.com/sweden-refugees-trump-crime-rape-2017-2
My question goes from all the country's that have refugees, why is Sweden talked about so much? Maybe because is largely white and has...blonde girls?!
According to data and Swedish criminologists, there is no evidence of a massive crime wave driven by refugees and immigrants.
The 2016 Swedish Crime Survey showed a small uptick in crime in 2015, with 13.3% of nearly 12,000 respondents reporting they had been exposed to one or more offenses, including assault, threats, sexual offenses, robbery, fraud, or harassment.
But although the number is up from 11.3% in 2014, the survey says the numbers are around the same level as they were in 2005, well before Sweden's refugee influx began.
It's difficult to ascertain which demographics are most responsible for any small increases in crime — the Swedish government has refused to keep official data on criminals' races or nationalities.
But an analysis of crime statistics conducted by the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter found that between October 2015 and January 2016, just 1% of more than 500,000 incidents in which police were called involved refugees.
Combined with Sweden's relatively low crime rate, the statistics cast doubt on Horowitz's suggestion that refugees have driven a "surge" in crime.
Rather, individual instances of refugee- or immigrant-related crime appear to bolster the idea that there is a "surge."
Whoever highlighted the quotes I really appreciate it, I will try to learn to do that on mobile, to make the threads better for everyone.Rape and sex crimes, in particular, have drawn the attention of critics of lenient refugee-resettlement and immigration policies. During his Fox News interview, Horowitz said Sweden's open-door policy had resulted in an "absolute surge" in gun violence and rape cases, claiming that the Swedish government had "gone out of its way to cover up some of these crimes."
Yet the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention documented an 11% decrease in sex offenses reported to police between 2014 and 2015. In 2015, 18,100 sex offenses were reported, 5,920 of which were classified as rape. That represents a 12% decrease in reported rapes from 2014.
While reported rape offenses have risen since 2006, the council attributes this rise partly to legislation introduced in 2005 and 2013, both of which broadened the type of acts that could be classified as rape.
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