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Only 16 per cent of migrant doctors were approved to practice in Sweden following the National Board’s first trial test for doctors from outside Europe.

Swedish people’s enthusiasm for ethnic and cultural diversity in society has declined noticeably in 2016 an annual survey has shown. It marks the biggest shift in attitudes since the University of Gävle began measurements in 2005.

Politicians in Enköpings have this week approved a proposal which will allow the local government to reserve all available apartments owned by the municipal properties company for migrants.

A wheelchair-bound Swedish woman says she was gang-raped by five migrants who were then released days after their arrest, as the victim allegedly did not do enough to fight off her attackers, according to prosecutors.

Police in Sweden continue to lose control of more suburbs in major Swedish cities as they have now admitted that there are more than 55 no-go areas where they have major problems enforcing the law. According to a new report, crime

Sweden may be descending into a crisis as a new report suggests 80 per cent of police officers are considering switching careers due to the danger they face in the field. The criminal situation in Sweden may be heading for

A charity backed by the Swedish government has launched a campaign denouncing the assimilation of migrants and telling natives to “integrate” with foreign “cultures and languages”.

Police in Värmland have revealed up to 25 per cent of their time and resources are spent on asylum seekers, as the Swedish government yesterday announced a further two billion Swedish Krona for policing to 2020. Lars Serenander, Chief Superintendent

Despite politicians’ insistence that migrants who poured into Sweden last year were highly educated and would be an economic boon, SEB economist Johan Javeus has warned that the newcomers are low skilled, and a “ticking time bomb” in the labour market.

An interpreter has been suspended from duty by the Swedish Migration Board for remarking that many Arabs lie about their background to boost their chance of getting asylum and higher welfare payments.

Despite a big increase in police presence, the number of sex attacks at a popular Swedish music festival in 2016 has more than doubled from last year’s figure. At We are Sthlm, Sweden’s biggest youth festival, police say there have

The Somalian migrant who murdered asylum worker Alexandra Mezher earlier this year has been sentenced to psychiatric care in a Swedish court for manslaughter.

Authorities in Norrtälje are asking homeowners to give their houses up for newly arrived migrants after around 30 marched to protest their accommodation.

Researchers are urging the European Union (EU) roll out the red carpet for migrants, complaining that many who are here now want to flee the bloc’s “appalling conditions”. They lament that a number of migrants in Turkey, who wanted to reach Europe, have chosen to remain there instead.

Swedish authorities have begun paying Swedish youths to spend time with “asylum seekers”, in a desperate attempt to show that integration and multiculturalism can work.

The victim of a man who allegedly sexually harassed four women has told a local newspaper that the migrant told them that he hates Sweden and is only there so that he can “f*** Swedish girls”.

Four teenage migrants walked free from a Swedish court after a judge ruled that the victim was “not drunk enough” for the encounter to be classified as rape. The four migrant teens were accused of raping a young Swedish woman

The Swedish Migration Board has so far this year reported over 280 migrants to the Swedish domestic intelligence forces, warning the number is much higher than in previous years. According to the head of the migration board’s special initiatives, the

Sweden’s police chief unveiled the force’s latest weapon in the fight against sexual assault: wristbands reading “Don’t touch me”. A recent Swedish press release warns that groping is a crime. In it, the country’s national police chief Dan Eliasson said:

Sweden’s state-funded broadcaster has revealed that of 163,000 migrants who came to Sweden, less than 500 have found jobs. Sweden saw a record 163,000 applications for asylum last year as a result of the migrant crisis and many Swedes were assured

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Support for EU membership among Swedes has slumped amid an ongoing asylum crisis, with a majority saying the 28-member bloc is going in the wrong direction, a poll showed on Monday. Just 39 percent of Swedes said

An Australian TV station has released a shocking report showing its crew being attacked by masked men in a Stockholm suburb know as ‘Little Mogadishu’ due to it’s primarily Somali population. Since the report was filmed last month, Swedish police

Swedish police have insisted a “riot” outside a bar is “not news worthy” after it was reported that migrants were involved. The local paper has allegedly “censored” their initial coverage and a witness has called for details not to be

(AFP) – Masked men chased migrants in Stockholm this weekend in a rare act of overt violence against refugees, but one that reflects smouldering tensions in Sweden as it grapples with the consequences of a record influx of migrants. The

Sweden has announced plans to deport some 80,000 asylum-seekers whose applications have been processed and rejected. The Scandinavian country has been overrun by migrants in recent months, and currently has the highest naturalization rate of immigrants of all European nations.