Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has called for an end to ethnic ghettoisation within the Scandinavian state, in a new bid to promote cultural integration.
Speaking to Dagens Nyheter Daily last week, Andersson said: “We do not want to have Chinatowns in Sweden. We do not want to have Somalitowns or Little Italies.”
Andersson, who leads the Leftwing Social Democrats party, also said that she wished to see the Swedish language spoken in all parts of the country.
While she ruled out “foribly moving people,” she said that other options should be examined to ensure that there were less concentrated immigration populations in certain areas of cities, thus creating a more “mixed population.”
She said that this could be achieved by building more attractive cooperative housing.
Andersson made similar comments earlier this year after a series of nationwide Qu’ran riots by Muslims, mostly of an immigrant background, left over 100 police officers injured and caused significant property damage.
At the time the prime minister acknowledged that integration had failed, saying that “Segregation has gone so far that we have parallel societies in Sweden. We live in the same country, but different realities.”
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“Integration was poor, and alongside, we have experienced intense immigration. Our society was too weak, while money for the police and social services too little,” she added.
During the European Migrant crisis in 2015, Andersson was part of the Swedish government which accepted roughly 180,000 alleged refugees – a move she later said she “regretted” as there was not enough housing and employment to integrate them all.
Earlier this year, Gript interviewed Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers, who spoke in-depth about Sweden’s immigration approach, and how he believes Ireland is emulating many of his country’s policy failings. That video can be viewed below: