“A Swedish municipality that took in one of the highest numbers of asylum seekers per population faces a crisis as natives move out and decimate the local tax base.” That municipality is Filipstad, and as they drive out locals, migrants have no interest in making up the shortfall in taxes
According to the local municipal manager, Claes Hultgren:
Around 750 adults from Syria, Somalia, Eritrea, Afghanistan and Iraq live in Filipstad…. In this group, unemployment and dependency are very high, while education levels are very low. This group runs the risk of eternal alienation that is already heavily burdening the municipal economy.
Urban Pettersson, a Sweden Democrat and member of the local council in Filipstad, also stated:
Ninety percent of the refugees don’t contribute to society. These people are going to have a lifelong dependence on social welfare. This is a huge problem.
And beyond welfare, Pettersson addressed the general issue of integration that has been a major cause of the exodus of locals out of Filipstad:
These immigrants don’t speak the same language…..They have different religions, different ways of life. If there are too many differences, it’s harder to get along. It’s interesting to meet someone from another country for maybe half an hour, but if you’re going to live together, it’s tough.
The situation in Filipstad is mirrored in other localities that have seen a high Muslim migrant influx. This is happening in the city of Gothenberg, too. The crisis is reminiscent of the situation in France. Due to the Muslim migrant influx there, Jews have been fleeing France in drove. The alarming rise of antisemitism prompted Ricard Abitbol, President of the Confederation of Jews in France, to declare last year that “in a few decades, there will be no Jews in France.”
“Every day we have people who are hurt, every day we have people who are insulted,” Ricard Abitbol, President of The Confederation of Jews in France and Friends of Israel told RT. “We can be hurt by words, but we don’t mind, but when we are hurt by a knife, a gun, you can’t say I don’t mind.”
The safety of native citizens has been threatened, and the quality of life has become intolerable for many locals. The crisis doesn’t look as if it will improve. It is likely to worsen: for example, in mosques across Sweden, Muslim leaders are telling the media that mosques are teaching Swedish values — which is a requirement to receive state funding — but the leaders are mostly lying.
Uppdrag granskning (Assignment Investigate), the investigative current affairs program of Swedish television (SVT) , went undercover with hidden camera to the most influential mosques around the country to find out what the real situation was.
Here is some of what the investigations turned up:
One of Sweden’s most respected, and well-frequented, mosques is located at the heart of Stockholm, at Medborgarplatsen. The government turns to the religious leaders there as being representative of the Muslim community in Sweden. As recently as February, Minister for Public Administration, Stefan Attefall, attended a Friday prayer service there. The Family Counsellor at this particular mosque replied to the questions presented by Assignment: Investigate undercover associate as follows: Men are allowed to take four wives, as long as he treats them fairly. He went on to say that a wife should never deny her husband sex, not even if he has beaten her, or has taken another wife. In addition to this, he discourages women from contacting the police: “If you do call the police that could cause trouble. Do you know why? Because the police will take him into custody,” the Imam admonished. Only two of the ten religious representatives felt women should go to the police. Two left the decision up to the woman herself…..In Malmö, the beating was even made light of. The man our associates spoke to used his own arm to demonstrate how hard it is okay to hit. “Never, ever even consider going to the police,” was his advice……..At nine of the Muslim congregations, Uppdrag gransknings associates were informed that the Koran, in certain circumstances, gives men the right to take several wives. Six of the representatives were taped as they explained how according to the Koran, a Muslim woman is not allowed to deny her husband sex – it is his right, even against her will.
As a result of the hijrah, it isn’t only Sweden that faces a grim future, economically and otherwise, but other EU countries as well, thanks globalist leaders who abandoned their responsibility to exercise due diligence in screening refugees, and instead welcomed in massive numbers of Muslim migrants. Authorities have lost track of many, and a significant percentage of these migrants have no intention to integrate. Germany recently admitted to losing track of 13,000 migrants.
These migrants have brought no-go zones, sharia patrols, sex attacks, a surge in violent antisemitism, the radicalization of prisons and mosques, threats of jihad attacks, and more to Europe.
“Sweden: Municipality Inundated with Migrants Faces Tax Crisis as Native Swedes Flee,” by Chris Tomlinson, Breitbart, September 1, 2019:
A Swedish municipality that took in one of the highest numbers of asylum seekers per population faces a crisis as natives move out and decimate the local tax base.
The municipality of Filipstad took in many asylum seekers during the migrant crisis of 2015 and now are facing increasing costs as unemployment among migrants has surged and financial assistance rates have tripled, broadcaster SVT reports.
Claes Hultgren, the local municipal manager, described the situation, saying of the migrant population: “In this group, unemployment and dependency are very high, while education levels are very low. This group runs the risk of ending in an eternal alienation that is already heavily burdening the municipal economy.”
“They are too old maybe and are illiterate, or have a very low educational level. We must then accept that there will be some people who will need the support of society for their livelihood,” Hultgren added.
Adding to the burden has been the exodus of native Swedes, with hundreds of natives leaving between 2012 and 2018 and an even higher number of foreigners arriving during the same period. Statistics show the vast majority of natives who left were of working age.
While job vacancies still do exist in the municipality, the jobs require skills in language and training that few of the migrants possess.
According to another report from SVT, the city of Gothenberg is undergoing a similar problem, with working-age native Swedes moving out of the city to nearby municipalities, often to buy a home, and taking their tax money with them…..
Mr. Cohen says
<bGet Ready for ISIS to Make a Comeback:
http://www.algemeiner.com/2019/09/03/get-ready-for-isis-to-make-a-comeback/
ploome says
jihad and rust never sleep
mortimer says
I agree with Cohen: there will be more jihad in Sweden. This is the inevitable result of having so many unemployable Muslims milling about. They will eventually find a way to attack Sweden from within.
Trick_or_Treat says
“This is the inevitable result of having so many unemployable muslims milling about. They will eventually find a way to attack Sweden from within.”
‘Confucius say: he who fills house with deadly snakes will soon get bitten’
I know that might be a very deep and dark one for some, but they might get it if they think long and hard enough about it – Eureka, it might suddenly come to them.
Trick_or_Treat says
“This is the inevitable result of having so many unemployable muslims milling about. They will eventually find a way to attack Sweden from within.”
‘Confucius say: man who fills house with deadly snakes, will soon get bitten.’
I know that might seem to be a bit of a very dark and deep one to some, but they just might get it if they think long and hard enough about it – Eureka, it will come to them.
Bob says
What on earth did the good people of Sweden think they were getting into when they took in these murdering low life’s. The world has been watching while the govt. condone the rape of your young women, putting citizens in jail for speaking the truth about the terrible situation that has existed way too long, even for the peaceful people of Sweden. Get with it and ship them back to their home lands of horrors, before yours is a mirrored image of theirs.
Linde Barrera says
A big part of the problem is that Swedes are taught to “value other people’s cultures MORE than your own.”
Why are Swedes taught this? It is good to value other people’s cultures, especially if those other cultures value liberty, equality, and fraternity, but why should any culture be valued when it preaches superiority over another?
I still must wonder where the Swedish monarchs are in this crisis and how much money they might possibly be getting from other sources to accept so many foreigners so as to change their population and their national values to “other”.
John Hawk says
Reap what you sow. Don’t complain about the bitter fruit.
mortimer says
But John, we are hoping the Swedes will complain by changing the MPs they vote for and electing candidates who are sane.
gravenimage says
Agreed, Mortimer. I hope the Swedish people *don’t* continue to take this insanity lying down.
gravenimage says
I just did answer it–for the umpteenth time, Islam is *not* a race. Here is my reply (no real point in replicating John Kendall’s three semi-literate posts):
I am, as I have said here many, many times, concerned about Islam. Islam is *not* a race.
There are Anti-Jihadists of color, such as Christine Douglas-Williams, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and Anjuli Pandavar. I would *much* rather live next door to these people than to live next door to the Jihadist Tsarnaev brothers or the recent Jihad plotter from Albania.
That John Kendall apparently would not says a lot about him.
As for “affirmative action”, I have never been a fan of this–I don’t think this unfairness benefits anyone in the long term.
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/09/nyc-muslim-19-plotted-knife-jihad-massacre-at-flushing-bay-promenade-near-worlds-fair-marina#comment-2143737
Ernie says
Indeed Gravenimage ; Islam is NOT a race , and I thank you again for mentioning it .
gravenimage says
gravenimage, u (sic) still have not answered the two questions.
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I seldom cross-post, but will do so now. Here is my reply from that other thread:
Not everyone is obsessed with race as John Kendall is, hard as this may be for him to believe.
No, I am not acting to see whites as a minority in the US, nor is this any kind of goal of mine. I am for strong borders and a crackdown on illegal immigration.
And no–there will not likely be “affirmative action” for white people. I am no fan of “affirmative action” in any case. Is this clear enough for him now?
Ernie says
John Kendall , you clearly are having learning problems . Are/were your parents closely related ?
mortimer says
To John Kendall: Mohammed was a WHITE MAN according to the hadiths … the whitest prophet …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HbOhLJHcFo
gravenimage says
John Kendall refuses to condemn white Jihadists, which I find quite disturbing. He is just using Jihad Watch as a platform for his claims that the problem is race.
Never mind that the author of this article, Christine Douglass-Williams, is herself black. When I asked whether Kendall would prefer to live next door to her or other Anti-Jihadists of color or to a white Jihadist, he has refused to answer. I think this pretty much says it all.
gravenimage says
John Kendall wrote:
gravenimage, U (sic) refuse to analyze the big pic (sic). Not only do I “condemn white Jihadists” Islam/Muslims DO NOT belong in WESTERN CULTURE.
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Well. glad to see that after endless prompting that John Kendall has decided to condemn white Jihadists, even it he does put it in sneer quotes, which makes the whole thing a bit suspect. He still doesn’t say that he’d rather live next door to an Anti-Jihadist like Christine Douglass-Williams than a white Jihadist, though…
And yes, there are a lot of problems in California, as I have often noted. John Kendall’s pretending that my not having abandoned my home state is somehow damning is just bizarre. Some of us are trying to make things better–not sure that is the case with this poster.
Keys says
Real Estates values must plummet as natives flee. Those who want to move can not sell their home.
James Lincoln says
Interesting, but completely predictable outcome.
That being said, the native Swedes will never call this the politically incorrect “white flight.”
They’ll find some euphemism….
James Lincoln says
A few years ago, I was looking at buying a brand-new Volvo S60 through the overseas delivery program. Fly free into Gothenburg, get a free lunch, a Volvo history tour, and pick up your new car. Then spend a week or so driving around Sweden. Sounded pretty good…
That was before I found out that Sweden is the rape capital of the world… due to the Muslim migrants.
No way was I going to bring my wife and daughter there – and the police cannot protect you.
They lost the sale, but I still got the Volvo in Danvers, Massachusetts. Love the car…
Jessica Greenman says
India is the rape capital of the world, with all Muslim countries following until you get to the US, number 10, though this is largely as a result of the MeToo movement. Sweden doesn’t feature. You mean ‘the rape capital of Europe’, not ‘the world’.
However, Sweden has recently been beaten by the UK: the UK has the most sexual assaults in Europe, and in England and Wales, the most rapes.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/which-are-the-worlds-10-most-dangerous-countries-for-women
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rape-figures-for-england-and-wales-highest-in-europe-sr587qnck
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/271213/most-dangerous-countries-europe-women-have-large-daniel-greenfield
James Lincoln says
Jessica Greenman,
You are, indeed, correct. At the time, Sweden was the rape capital of Europe.
gravenimage says
This is all due to the influx of Muslims into Sweden and Britain and the rest of Europe.
joanofark06 says
Hey gravenimage, remember I messed up on Ireland, and it actually wasn’t Iceland? Look what I got on Iceland! These people’s brains must be frozen stupid:
ICELAND’S NATIONAL SUICIDE! More than 11,000 ignorant Icelanders offer their homes to illegal alien Muslim freeloaders, thugs, and potential terrorists
https://barenakedislam.com/2015/09/02/icelands-national-suicide-more-than-11000-ignorant-icelanders-offer-their-homes-to-illegal-alien-muslim-freeloaders-thugs-and-potential-terrorists/
I apologize ahead, if you’ve already seen this….but wow huh?
gravenimage says
Thank you, Joan–and I know that Iceland has been importing hordes of dangerous Muslims, as well. Given how tiny Iceland is–with a population of just about 300,000, it won’t take many invading Mohammedans to screw things up. Taking these thugs into their own homes is especially suicidal.
And while generally aware of the problem in Iceland, I had not seen that specific story. Thanks for that link.
Henry Mansfield says
Here in the USA some observers think crime reports and convictions don’t come close to showing the true levels of crime, people voting with their feet is a better indicator.
I’d be willing to bet that the situation in heavily migrant areas of Europe is far worse than any government official or state media is willing to say on the record.
It takes a person close to it every day, like Peter Springare or Tommy Robinson, reaching such a point of frustration that they truly don’t care what happens if they speak out.
DHazard says
What’s makes it all surreal is that the Muslims who are draining the citizens of Sweden are most likely not praying 5 times a day, not abstaining from drugs, not going to Mosque, cheating during Ramadan, not reading the Quran, committing adultery, doing things non-Muslim Swedes do. They are probably eating Western food, watching Western TV, and following Western celebrities as well. They occasionally become super Muslim when non-Muslims violate Islamic blasphemy “laws”, like drawing a cartoon of Muhammad.
I do not think that Sweden’s government can tax their way out of this self created chasm. They might as well just convert to Islam en masse, quit their jobs and demand assistance. This is an old pattern that has appeared even in the U.S. where generous, socialist city governments encouraged their tax paying citizens to pull roots by raising property taxes with disregard for the inevitable result. So it’s not just in Europe.
somehistory says
“They are too old maybe and are illiterate”
Of course in the many news videos of moslims streaming in, one couldn’t tell if they had any education, but it seemed pretty easy to guess they didn’t know the languages of the countries they were invading.
But “too old”? Most of them looked rather young to be labeled as “too old’ to find a job and work to care for themselves.
If the Swedes, and other people in other countries, used their brains even just a little, they could see that this was more than likely to happen. No one wants to work for freeloaders, esp thousands of them. And not for those who show no appreciation for what is given, but rape their way across the city streets and take things to which they have no legal right.
This outcome could have been foreseen if only the authorities had their eyes open beyond the ‘bring them in’ and take care of them whether the citizens like it or not.
gravenimage says
Yes–most of these Muslim invaders are young military-aged men.
Wellington says
Instructive but immensely tragic as well to watch a nation that is self-destructing for no good reason. Oh yeah, Sweden is “pointing the way” here.
More expansively, this ongoing demolishing of Sweden (and one knows or should know by now that Sweden is indeed demolishing before our very eyes) is just further evidence of arguably the single most destructive decade in all of Western history—the 1960’s.
This decade unleashed sundry furies against the Western Establishment (which Establishment, as with all establishments, has always been in need of reform but this is different from suicidal annihilation) which are proving to be with each passing decade since the 1960’s indicative of a new way for a civilization to destroy itself , i.e., by way of those twin idiocies, political correctness and multiculturalism.
The former is a guarantee of the eradication of free thought, not mention the ruination of late-night comedy but I digress, and the latter is a total lie as well as a hypocrite—a lie because some cultures are simply superior to others (e.g., no culture ever developed on New Guinea or in sub-Saharan Africa has even remotely equaled the cultures of ancient China or ancient Greece) and a hypocrite because one culture, Western Civilization, which civilization achieved more than any other civilization in history (including the invention of democracy, philosophy, the scientific method, the most extraordinary technological legacy, women’s rights AND the capacity to apologize for its past wrongdoings which no other part of mankind has done), is the one civilization that can be excoriated with no consequences—indeed, excoriating the West will bring you kudos by those who have no true appreciation or understanding of the West’s greatness, for instance, the forever authoritarian Chinese, the forever retrograde inhabitants of the Islamic world, and the newest gigantic error in man’s history, i.e., Western Leftists aplenty.
The Age of Nonsense continues to march on. Perhaps in the final analysis man really is an idiot. I hope not but I often fear otherwise. Doubt me? Well then, just look at what is happening to Sweden.
Infidel says
Actually, the problem w/ Sweden – and other Nordic countries – has been the relentless demonization of their Viking past. Yeah, we know that the Vikings raped and pillaged a lot of mainland Europe – including England. But that needs to be put in its historical context and treated accordingly. Instead, the Norsemen are filled w/ such guilt that they come up w/ bizarre inventions like ‘philanthropic superpower’ to justify their insane policies
Those countries ain’t gonna turn around until they get a leader that defies the trend, and challenges them to embrace their Viking heritage. Self loathing is not a recipe for success – just watch Beto!
gravenimage says
The Vikings were a thousand years ago. No one today needs to feel guilty about that.
Quazgaa says
They could borrow a couple of things from the Vikings, such as the “blood eagle “.
Now that would scare the heck outta religion of peace.
Wellington says
The demonization of the Viking past by Nordics, Infidel, is “merely’ yet another example of both of the two enormous idiocies I already mentioned, i. e., pc/mc.
J D S says
HEY…THIS IS SWEDEISTAN…what else can one say?
gravenimage says
True, Wellington. Sometimes people assume that the problem in Germany is guilt over the Nazis; in Britain, guilt over empire; in Scandinavia, guilt over the Vikings (not that these are all of a piece, but never mind). But it is greater than this, and effects all of the West.
Westerners in general feel guilty not primarily over their failings, but over *their successes*. This is especially perverse.
The unexpected voice says
I couldn’t agree more. Multiculturalism is ruining what Western culture had achieved. The west should assimilation them not letting them change you the way you are.
gravenimage says
Unfortunately, Muslims have *never* assimilated.
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
Excellent post, my compliments.
The Age of Nonsense is certainly marching on in Sweden. They have lost their national identity, are politically correct on steroids / pathologically altruistic, and are paralyzed by the fear of being called “racist”.
Their feminist government “leaders” are also leftist/Marxist/globalists. “What could possibly go wrong”, as Robert Spencer would say.
In stark contrast, countries like Poland and Hungary have a strong national identity with Judeo-Christian values. They want to preserve their culture, correctly keep out Muslim migrants, and have no fear of being called, incorrectly, racist/xenophobic/Islamophobic/nationalists. They care about their families and they care about their country. And the European Commission can stick it.
warmac9999 says
Sweden’s road to hell is a very good example to the rest of the civilized world. There is no free lunch.
mortimer says
The Swedish socialists and communists who engineered this foolish experiment have still not admitted they were misguided.
gravenimage says
Nor are they ever likely to, Mortimer.
TKF says
You’d have to be blind, deaf and dumb not to see this coming, and I suspect all three are at work with the facilitation of this easily predictable predicament. Swedistan has sown uneducated, primitive, inbreed Muslims straight out of the 7th century. They are now reaping what they’ve sown……ISLAM. Unfiltered, brutal, 150 proof, pig-ignorant Islam. Real Swedes have voted with their feet. To those who haven’t…..they better prepare to get your faces in the dirt and your asses in the air. Linkum!
Infidel says
Oh, no! But wasn’t it the Swedes who’d tell us that they’re a ‘philanthropic superpower’ – a better type of superpower that can just give endless money away, as opposed to the usual superpowers that have military and economic power?
gravenimage says
Sweden: Municipality inundated with Muslim migrants in money crisis as taxpaying natives flee
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Yes–I’ve read about this insanity. This may be the first such municipality in Sweden this is happening to–it will not be the last unless Sweden changes their suicidal policies.
tgusa says
Take note of the names of the municipal morons who thought this was a good idea. They are likely to move on to another municipality and carry on with the same garbage. Get woke, go broke!
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
“Crisis as taxpaying natives flee”.
Didn’t someone once write a novel on a similar theme? “Kafir Shrugged”, I think was the title.
CRUSADER says
Bye bye ?
Nobel Prize ceremony….
ajj says
The Swedes were prescriptive as to how RSA should abolish apartheid – pardon me for watching the news with a pinch of glee.
gravenimage says
Being ‘gleeful’ over seeing the West fall to Islam is a pretty dark pleasure, I think.
AP says
The Swedes not doing so well, there were a high number of explosions through the country. Something like 150 last month. Diversity is not necessarily a good thing.
Bazz12 says
Most people including the Swedish local council members do not realise that the average IQ in Arab countries is around 80. This is the result of a few thousand years of marrying their cousins. They will never get out of the economic status they have now. If you doubt this search cousin marriage there is a lot of information on the subject with reports in Hansard in both NSW Parliament and House of Commons. Check the ratio of children in special education classes for handicapped children. It is very sad and cruel to these kids.
No Muzzies Here says
I thought you Swedes were so smart! You didn’t listen to the warnings! You brought this on yourself.
Sweden was once an extremely safe place. Swedes are not violent savages. They are civilized. The Swedish social welfare system worked very well for the Swedes. That system was not designed for hordes of ignorant savages who don’t work, take the social benefits as an entitlement, and rape and murder the Swedes.
gravenimage says
Yes–just a few years ago, the Scandinavian countries were the safest in Europe–among the safest in the world.
joanofark06 says
No one could make it more clear (and even humorous), than Paul Watson! You’d learn a lot from THIS 9 minute video about Sweden!!
The Islamic State of Sweden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=130&v=iERLyAxddVE
somehistory says
Thanks for sharing JPW video. He says it like it is. And ti’s pretty cottonpickin bad there.
gravenimage says
+1
No Dreams says
I can’t express enough my indignation! How dare these Swedes to avoid taxes so these very people they have invited could live a comfortable life! They must supply them with all needed for life (if not longer) and no questions ask! They run away from their direct responsibilities. The Swedish government must increase taxes to 90% (or better !00%), so these precious new citizens could really enjoy their state in this welcoming country (and don’t forget a fresh supply of the under-aged girl).
Peter WF says
Exactly what needs to happen to give the pollys the problem.
Angemon says
“Eternal alienation”? It is morally wrong to allow such people into their nation. Of course, such “small”, “minor” details make no difference to the “refugees are welcome here” crowd – they’ve had their dopamine hit and the fate of the “refugees” is outside of their sphere of concerns.
Which is why you scrutinize migration. Will this person have a chance to earn its keep here or it it better for them to keep shepherding goats halfway across the world?
Natives, sure. Foreigners? Only legal migrants who worked in Sweden and made their contributions to the system. People who go there only to be welfare recipients? Don’t let them in – whatever resources you’re spending with them you’re taking away from legal citizens who worked and added their share to the pool.
Giacomo Latta says
Well, this is the way to go with any group that refuses to assimilate. Give them their own gated municipality and let them figure out how to exist.
Tom says
YAWN !!!! And they didn’t see this coming despite being warned about allowing unvetted mass migration ….
In Canada we call this the Trudeau migration tweet philosophy of immigration and it will come back to bite here too.
This is just the tip of a huge iceberg that those in the western Titanic nations have ignored and now the “berg” of unfettered mass migration is starting to rip the very fabric of their globalist ship, which will very soon become a gaping hole that will sink their entire globalist agenda.
The problem is that we, those who have seen this coming, will be left to clean up the globalist left’s mess.