Can a new bridge unite Sweden's divided society? | Focus on Europe

A new bridge in Stockholm is set to connect a wealthy area with an underprivileged district. But some people are objecting to it, triggering a divisive debate in Swedish society.
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[@Startrance666]

As a Swede i can say this, Sweden is a perfect example on how you dont handle immigration a warning to any other country.

[@felipewozniak]

As an immigrant, I don't understand why some people only criticize "the government" and "the state"... Aren't immigrants responsible for their own integration too? Politically correct people never blame the individuals and that is ridiculous. If you don't want to learn the local language and don't want to make a minimum effort to learn the culture as a whole, you should stay in your own country. People should be accountable for their own actions.

[@chenles_defender]

I absolutely despise how those people come into a foreign country and then refuse to integrate or at least learn the language. My father came from Iraq to the Netherlands, but he learnt the language from zero and at the beginning struggled to find a job, but he eventually found one, he never blamed the government nor the citizens, he became part of the country and respected it as everyone who immigrates there should.

[@leonidasg2257]

EU should stop this immigration madness immediately. If they wanna see migration done right they should look at how Singapore handles it. A multicultural society without any of these issues that we have here. There should not be "poor immigrant" neighboohoods everybody should be spread evenly. Otherwise high crime areas start to appear. Also whoever is an immigrant should get his right of residence stripped off even for small petty crimes.

[@Paparapatheraper-POL]

When the Polish government talked about these problems, everyone laughed at them and said they were lying

[@daylightmoon7285]

Developed countries need to learn from Sweden's mistakes. It is also important to be able to expel those who don't integrate or commit crimes. Extreme politics will take over any country that doesn't take measures to control immigration.

[@capslocked7274]

This naivety is what started this mess in the first place

[@leaveourstatuesalone.3378]

It will only get worse, you can’t integrate the unwilling,

[@JP-oe4ry]

Thankfully Sweden was the canary in the coalmine for Finland on how not to do immigration.

[@antiwokehuman]

Perfect example of why a country should have closed borders. Immigration itself can be good for a country depending on its needs. But it needs to be highly controlled

[@noa4ly425]

The main problem with most Swedish politicians is that they don’t understand that it’s IMPOSSIBLE to integrate immigrants into society while at the same time taking in immigrants at the rate of 1 million every 10 years. That’s just out of the question for a country with only 8 million native Europeans. Our only hope left is for the Sweden Democrats to reverse this situation.

[@edgarm2036]

Yeah I'm sure a bridge is the answer to reduce violence 🙄

[@Serendip98]

Germany and France have the same problem, although they deny it.

[@pencilpusher9166]

Cultural enrichment. Swedens own doing.

[@larifari4371]

Rinkeby and other similar places should all get bridges to rich neighbourhoods, especially those where the pro migration politicians live in. This could help them to realize how utterly naive their politics are.

[@kolezka161]

Let’s face it. Education and hard work are not necessarily valued in every culture of the world. Don’t expect a culture that didn’t have a good educational background so far to all of the sudden start valuing education just like that. That’s why cultures that are drastically different from each other cannot and shouldn’t mix. Otherwise there will be conflict. Just like it is pretty much impossible to peacefully mix cultures that value complete cover vs nudity. You cannot imagine the Taliban and Amazon Indians living in the same neighborhood.

[@tomas6179]

A little to late to start saving Sweden from the problems our government created. The things got so much worse just even during last 10 years. Could see in front of my eyes how things changed

[@raphaeldemo9966]

This is going to sound drastic, but they should start a three strikes and you're out (deported) policy. If the fear of getting deported and sent back doesn't make you want to shape up then you deserve to be booted out of the country. And also, if you haven't learned basic Swedish in the 7 years you've been there, that's one strike!!!

[@DiegoChurch]

I learned german for 7 years as a mexican so i could move to austria to study there and have a better life, managing my way through bureaucracy and adapting to a new countey. Meanwhile there are really people out there that just want everything handed to them on a silver plate… I think the minimum effort should be learning english so one could at least partake in social interaction and with that learning the local language.

[@tftfgubedgukm7911]

Islam's goal is world domination. You can forget integration.