I think it's a misconception that the alt-right and Neo-nazis are the only ones applying scrutiny to the immigration policies of Sweden and Europe as a whole. A large portion of these concerns are coming from the existing poor communities that are seeing an influx of refugees into their neighbourhoods.
Immigrants don't commit crimes. Poor people commit crimes.
I would rephrase this as "high crime rates are associated with low-income demographics, which those immigrating to Europe as part of the refugee crisis fall into". Also, one could safely argue that the poorer the community, the higher the crime.
"Low-income" neighbourhoods in Sweden have changed, they've become much poorer as a result of the refugee crisis, therefore crime has risen in areas that used to be "safe". Therefore those who used to live in those areas have experienced a major change in their surroundings and find themselves in less safe environments. Again, the world's poor are the ones bearing the weight of this change.
Full disclosure: My source is anecdotal, from friends that have families in the poorer neighbourhoods in Malmo who are struggling to relocate to safer areas.
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I think it's a misconception that the alt-right and Neo-nazis are the only ones applying scrutiny to the immigration policies of Sweden and Europe as a whole. A large portion of these concerns are coming from the existing poor communities that are seeing an influx of refugees into their neighbourhoods.
"Low-income" neighbourhoods in Sweden have changed, they've become much poorer as a result of the refugee crisis, therefore crime has risen in areas that used to be "safe". Therefore those who used to live in those areas have experienced a major change in their surroundings and find themselves in less safe environments. Again, the world's poor are the ones bearing the weight of this change.
Full disclosure: My source is anecdotal, from friends that have families in the poorer neighbourhoods in Malmo who are struggling to relocate to safer areas.