Sweden's far-right won't be happy about this: Thousands Of Swedes Rally In Support Of Refugees

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Thousands of Swedes rallied in support of refugees on a square in the capital on Sunday, and Prime Minister Stefan Lofven told them it was time for other countries to do more to help tackle Europe’s migration crisis.

Sweden has a decades-long record of welcoming refugees from Chile in the 70s, the Iran-Iraq war in the 80s and the Yugoslav wars in the 90s. In the current crisis, it has received more asylum seekers per capita than any other nation in Europe.

Despite its generosity, it has one of the poorest track records among wealthy industrialized nations of integrating newcomers into the workforce, and this has helped fuel support for the far right. The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats became parliament’s third biggest party in elections last year.

“The idea was never – never – that European cooperation would be a way to shut out people who are fleeing,” he told the crowd, which police estimated at around 15,000. Some people held up signs saying “Welcome” and “Thank You Sweden”.

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