Integration in Sweden - Statistics & Facts
For Sweden, after having been a country with more emigration than immigration for many hundred years, the picture changed through the 20th century. First, from the interwar period and onwards, mainly labor migrants arrived in the Nordic country, but from the 1970s, more refugees and asylum seekers began to arrive. This peaked in 2015, when a large number of Syrian refugees came to Sweden. The integration of immigrants in Sweden shows a mixed picture. From time to time, there are reports in international media about the rising crime in some of the urban areas in Sweden dominated by immigrants. The riots during Easter 2022, which started after a Danish right extremist set the Quran on fire, further highlighted the social challenges facing parts of the country.
