Why the Sweden Democrats are rising (fast)

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Meanwhile a mosque was attacked with Molotov cocktails in Uppsala, third attack of this type this week. Combined with the different car bombs in Malmo (see Nordic general thread), seems like right-wing terrorism is becoming a serious threat in Sweden.

This is not so surprising, my experience with countries such as Netherlands or Sweden that used to be very homogeneous is that under the appearance of tolerance, there is more common racist state of mind than in countries more used to diversity such as Britain or France. I think these countries had until very recently a very naive view of cultural diversity.

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Yes, unfortunately you have crazy extremists everywhere.

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There is also a difference between asylum seekers and refugees.
Asylum seeker is the status you have before being admitted as a refugee, when your case is being investigated. Under international law, refugees must basically be treated as legal migrants (freedom of movement, right to housing, employment, etc.).

International law is more murky on asylum seekers, and while in theory they not supposed to be detained, you can get the same result for example by sending on an island or in a remote village surrounded by snow.